Bookworm Quizzes
- Do you know these classic book covers?"Only a true bookworm will be able to pass this book cover quiz"
- Find Your Next Book Soulmate"this quiz will reveal the book that speaks to your soul"
- Guess The Writer"Can you identify a writer by reading a random paragraph?"
- Guess the Character"Can you identify the iconic book character from the way they are first described?
From Special Collections
- Color Our CollectionsDownloadable coloring sheets from the Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives.
- Unheard of curiositiesAn exhibition of rare books on the occult and esoteric sciences.
- The Milton exhibitJohn Milton and the Cultures of Print: An online exhibit of books, manuscripts, and other artifacts
- Vertigo by Lynd WardAn exhibition and discussion of the dramatic and rhetorical use of small images with scans taken from the original woodblocks
Platforms for Readers and Writers
- GoodreadsTrack your books, set challenges, rate books, write and read book reviews, get recommendations, and more!
- NaNoWriMoNational Novel Writing Month began in 1999 as a daunting but straightforward challenge: to write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days. Now, each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a brand new novel.
- WhichbookGet book recommendations based on the emotional elements of books! For example you could find books that are happy, optimistic, and unconventional or sad, bleak, and conventional. You can also search by character to find books by race, gender, sexuality, etc or by setting or plot.
- Literature MapGet author recommendations by searching for your favorite author. Results form a map where the closer the authors are to the middle of screen the more similar they are to the author you searched for.
Quarantine Reading Lists
- A Dystopian Reading ListThe Guardian recommends books to delve into during self-isolation.
- So You Want to Read the Classics?A classics reading list from Vox that walks you step by step through the books, going from easy and accessible to advanced.
- Books Spotlighting Mental HealthFrom Oprah Magazine, this list highlights 10 incredibly important novels with mental illness topics to learn from or relate to.
- Books for ComfortThe New York Times features the books that various high profile authors turn to when looking for comfort.
Audiobooks
You prefer listening to books? Audiobooks are a great way to chill and immerse in a story in the summer. Our top 5 reasons to try audiobooks:
- You can have your entire library in your pocket when you go running or to the beach.
- You won't look like a total nerd with a backpack of books among music lovers with earphones.
- You will be able to pronounce the most difficult words correctly, beating Victor Krum trying to please Hermione.
- You have an excuse to ask for the latest ear pods for your birthday.
- You can read with your eyes closed. Just don't try that while driving.
- Cloud LibraryListen to audiobooks, browse eBooks with your library card from your public library.
- Internet ArchiveNearly 20,000 free audiobooks from various authors to listen.
- LibrivoxFree public domain audiobooks read by volunteers from around the world.
- LibbyUse Libby to borrow and read ebooks and audiobooks from your local public library for free.
- Open CultureHundreds of free titles streaming, mp3, iTunes, audible, and more.
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