Five tips to find your next read

July 21, 2022

Summer is the perfect season to kick back and read, especially because you can win prizes for doing it. If you find you’re not sure what to read next, we can help (it’s what we do!).

Here are five tips to help you find books, ebooks or digital audiobooks to dive into:

Teen girl reading on the beach

✅Ask your local librarian! Visit or email your branch to get started. 

✅Browse our curated booklists by theme. New this week in our adult book lists are recommendations for fantasy and horror titles, but you can also find great recommendations for teens and kids. OverDrive also has booklists. 

✅Use your library card to access NoveList and find readalikes, books by genre or create a “ap

peal mix” by choosing what appeals to you most in a book

✅Get book recommendations at Goodreads

✅Try FantasticFiction where you can follow your favourite authors or find new ones, view book series in order and see what’s new

BONUS TIP! If you’re playing the Adult Summer Reading Challenge, click here for suggestions and tips for titles that can help you fill in the BINGO sheet.

We hope these tips help you find your next summer read.