Books, Movies & Music:
Books
Books remain our most popular format. Today there are many online tools available for readers to find books to match their reading tastes. A great place to start is our New Catalogue!
Evergreen Reading Award Program
Cast your ballot today for your favourite Canadian fiction or non-fiction book.
For more information and the online ballot...
Listed below are premium sites that we offer and free sites that we recommend to help you find the right book.
Novelist
Premium readers' advisory site that provides access to reviews, similar reads, and other information on 155,000 fiction titles. It also offers author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more. For children's fiction, try Novelist for Children. HPL library card required from home.
What Do I Read Next?
Covers over 130,000 classic, mainstream or genre fiction and non-fiction titles covering a wide range of subjects for all age levels. Get recommendations based on some of your favourite titles or topics, or let experts recommend books that capture the type of book you're looking for. Includes author biographies. HPL library card required from home.
Global Books in Print
Find individual titles, publishers, awards (book, audio book, and video), current and past bestsellers, as well as biographical information. HPL library card required from home.
EarlyWord
A great site that HPL and other libraries use on a regular basis to keep up with forthcoming books, movie tie-ins, bestseller lists, seasonal previews and more.
LibraryThing
The ultimate social networking site for book lovers. Use user-generated reviews and tags to find a good read or rate and review books yourself.
Find a great read we don't own? Suggest it for purchase or request it through Interlibrary Loan.
