2023 Staff Recommendations for Summer Reading

Attached are five reading lists plus information on public libraries and online book deals and ebook subscription services:

1. Fiction 2023
2. Mystery and Suspense 2023
3. Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
4. Non-Fiction 2023
5. Children's Literature 2023

Summer with the Library (LAPL): https://www.lapl.org/summer

Nearby Library Systems

• LAPL: https://www.lapl.org/  (live outside the City of Los Angeles? No problem. You can get a teacher library card at https://www.lapl.org/teachers/teacher-card)

  • Overdrive Ebooks: https://lapl.overdrive.com/ (use language search option to find titles in other languages)

  • Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/browse/ebook/popular?page=1

  • Kanopy:  https://lapl.kanopy.com/

  • Kid's Path:  https://www.lapl.org/kids/books

  • New York Times: http://catalog.lapl.org/validate/auth_rm.php?db=nyt 

  • Los Angeles Times: http://m.lapl.org/validate/auth_rm.php?db=proquest_latimes

  • Washington Post: http://m.lapl.org/validate/auth_bl.php?db=wapo

  • Pressreader (International Newspapers): http://m.lapl.org/webfeat/press_display.html

• County of Los Angeles: https://lacountylibrary.org/ 

  • Overdrive Ebooks: https://lacountylibrary.overdrive.com/ (use language search option to find titles in other languages)

  • Kid's Corner:  https://lacountylibrary.org/kids-corner/

  • Hoopla:  https://www.hoopladigital.com/

  • Kanopy:  https://lacounty.kanopy.com/

• Santa Clarita Public Library:  http://www.santaclaritalibrary.com/

  • Overdrive:  https://santaclarita.overdrive.com/ (use language search option to find titles in other languages)

  • Freading:  https://santaclaritalibrary.freading.com/index

  • Kid's Space:  http://kids.santaclaritalibrary.com/

• Burbank Public Library:  https://burbanklibrary.org/

  • Overdrive:  https://burbank.overdrive.com/ (use language search option to find titles in other languages)

  • Hoopla:  https://burbanklibrary.org/elibrary/hoopla

• Ventura County Library:  https://www.vencolibrary.org/

  • Cloud Library:  https://www.vencolibrary.org/library-collection/cloudlibrary

  • Hoopla:  https://www.vencolibrary.org/library-collection/hoopla-digital

• Pasadena/Glendale Public Library:  https://www.cityofpasadena.net/library/

  • Overdrive:  https://pas-gdl.overdrive.com/ (use language search option to find titles in other languages)

  • Cloud Library:  https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/PGPublicLibraries/Featured

  • Enki:  http://papl.enkilibrary.org/

How to get great ebook deals

• Early Bird Books: https://earlybirdbooks.com/

• Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/launch

• Book Perk: http://www.bookperk.com/ 

• Book Gorilla: https://www.bookgorilla.com/

• Book Riot: https://bookriot.com/

• The Portalist (for Science Fiction and Fantasy): https://theportalist.com/

• Murder & Mayhem: https://murder-mayhem.com/

• A Love So True (Romance): https://alovesotrue.com/

• The Archive (for History Buffs): https://explorethearchive.com/

• The Lineup (True Crime): https://the-line-up.com/

Online Book, Audiobook and Magazine Subscription services

• Open Library (free):  https://openlibrary.org/

• Open Culture (free):  http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks

• Scribd (subscription):  https://www.scribd.com/

• 24 Symbols (subscription):  https://www.24symbols.com

• Riveted Teen Literature (excerpts and free):  https://rivetedlit.com/

• Metropolitan Museum of Art:  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online

• Librivox Audiobooks (free):  https://librivox.org/

• International Children's Digital Library:  http://en.childrenslibrary.org/