LCL-Created Booklists Subject Index
The following is an index, by subject matter, to many of the printed Booklists and Bookmarks available in the Booklists binder on the shelves of the Reference Department at the Bennett Martin Public Library. All of these Booklists are available for the public to photocopy while at the downtown library, or can be faxed to customers while they are at any of the branch libraries. Please note the dates at the right – many of these lists are several years old, and although the titles included on them were in the library collection at the time of their original publication, they may have since been withdrawn. These lists are kept available for historical purposes. This PDF version of this list was created on November 16, 2005.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
African-American Experience (youth booklist) [Feb 1990] African-American History [Jan 1989] The Colors of Love – Ethnic/African-American and Interracial Romances [Apr 2000] Freedom Songs – Fiction, Non-Fiction & Biographies [1987] Mosley and Company – Mysteries by Contemporary Black American Authors [Jan 1993] Shades of Black – African-American Fiction & Poetry [1991] Shades of Black – African-American Fiction & Poetry [completely revised – Jan 1997] Word Weavers – A multicultural list of fiction by women [Mar 2000]
AMERICAN LITERATURE
An American Sampler [1986] Little Bighorn and Beyond: Selected Fiction Native Americans and Their History [Jun 2001] Made in America [Jun 1995] Modern American Fiction series John Barth [1987] John Cheever [1988] Thomas McGuane [1989] John Updike [1988] Native American Fiction [1986] New England Renaissance [1988] New York, New York [1988] Old South, New South: Adult Fiction From and About the Southeastern United States [Feb 1996] Prairie Visions, Plains Songs [1987] Small Towners [1986] 3-page typed list Small Towners [1986] prepared booklist – edited down from list above Some Native American Poetry [pre-1990] Voices on the Wind: American Indian Fiction and Literature [Mar 1992] “Fiction About and By Native Americans” unabashed librarian article “National Book Awards for Fiction” handout [1993] “Who writes like Wright Morris” memo [Apr 1993]
AUDIOTAPE LISTS
It’s a Mystery! A selection of mystery fiction tape A Selection of Western Fiction on Audiocassette A Selection of Old-Time Radio Classics on Audiocassette
AWARD WINNERS
The Booker Prize: British Novels [Jan 1999] Caldecott Books – Selected for the most distinguished illustrations of each year Hugo Winners (scifi) [Feb 1998] Nebula Winners (scifi) [Feb 1998] Newbery Books – Selected for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature WhoWunnit? Or, Prizes and Demises – the best crime and mystery novels of the past decade [Oct 2000] Winners! The National Book Award; Nation Book Critics Circle Award [Apr 1993, revised Jan 1999]
BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION
Portraits on Paper – Some Fictional Biographies [1996] Presidential Fiction [2000]
CHRISTIAN FICTION
Heaven and Earth [May 1994] “Finding Those Elusive Christian Fiction Titles” Public Librarian article [Jul/Aug 1992]
CLASSICS
Ancient Literature (Classic Reading #1: first in a Booklist series of Selected Classic reading) [Aug 1991] The 100+ Best Novels (in English) of the Twentieth Century [Aug 1998]
DISASTERS
After Apocalypse – Novels set after a nuclear war [1986] The End of the World and Other Minor Disasters [1987] Fire and Ice – A list of some disaster novels [1987] Paradise or Perdition – Ecological Fiction [Apr 2001]
FAMILY SAGAS
Family Chronicles [Jul 1982] From Generation to Generation: Family Sagas [1989] Lasting Loves – Romantic Sagas [pre-1990] Some Family Chronicles [1983] typed list “From Generation to Generation (Family Sagas) unabashed librarian article “Family Chronicles” unabashed librarian article
HISTORICAL NOVELS
Ancient Literature – Classic Reading #1 – A Booklist of Selected Classical Reading [Aug 1991] Arthur – King Arthur Mythos and Stories [1986] Clouds of Fury – A list of literary fiction on The American Civil War for adults [Apr 2000] Columbus Quincentennial – Resource list of Fiction and Non-Fiction [1992] Freedom Songs (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biographies) [1987] George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” [Aug 1994] Just Plain People – Stories of Homesteaders, Pioneers and Frontier Life in America [1995] Mists, Moors, Murders [1987] Never Forget – Fiction, literature and media on The Holocaust for adults [2001] On the Oregon Trail – Non-Fiction and Fiction [May 1993] Passion in the Past Tense – Some Historical Romances [Nov 1991] Past Tense – Some Historical Novels [1987] Renaissance Days, Medieval Knights [1985] Some Authors Writing of the Middle Ages [mid-1990s bookmark] Somewhere in Time – A Selection of Time Travel Romances and novels for adults [1998] Victorian Villainies [pre-1990] “Authors of Historical Novels” unabashed librarian article
HORROR
Bug-Eyed Monsters (can be found in…) [1987] Ghosts! [1986] If You Like Stephen King try these authors [bookmark] [Oct 1992] Not Like All the Other Guys – Tales of Unusual Romances (Beauties & Beasts/Vampire Lovers) [1997] Tales That Go Bump in the Night [Oct 1990] Thrillers & Chillers: Horror Fiction [Oct 1992] Vampires: A List of Books and Media for Adults and Young Adults [Oct 1996] Vampires: A Selection of Adult Fiction [Oct 1994]
HUMOROUS
Cosmic Humor – Humorous and Satirical Science Fiction for Adults and Young Adults [Jun 2000] Rogues [1989] A Selection of Old-Time Radio Classics on Audiocassette [Jun 1995] Some Comic Visions [1987] Tickle Your Fancy – A Selection of Humorous Books [May 1991] To Die Laughing – Light or Humorous Mystery, Detective, Spy or Caper Novels [Nov 1990, rev. Feb 1994]
INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS
A Century of Christie: Agatha Christie (1890-1976) [Sep 1991] D.H. Lawrence (Some Works By/Some Works About) [1987] George Eliot’s Middlemarch [Aug 1994] Hemingway: An American Artist James Joyce (Some Works By/Some Works About) Jane Austen (1775-1817) [1988] A List of Works by Nebraska Author Mignon G. Eberhart [Jul 1995] Loren Eiseley: September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977: A Biographical Note and a Checklist of His Books [Aug 1982] Modern American Fiction series John Barth [1987] John Cheever [1988] Thomas McGuane [1989] John Updike [1988] The New West: Doig & McGuane Poe-sitively Edgar Allan: Edgar Allan Poe and the Mystery [Oct 1991] Robert Reed: Lincoln’s Science Fiction Author: Publication History 1986-1999 [Nov 1999] Some Works by Thomas Hardy [pre-1990]
MEDICAL FICTION
Medical Beat – Authors of Medical Fiction [Jul 1982]
MEDICAL THRILLERS
Critical Condition – Medical Thrillers/Mysteries [1998] Medical Beat – Authors of Medical Fiction [1982]
MILITARY
Clouds of Fury – A list of literary fiction on The American Civil War for adults [Apr 2000] If You Like Tom Clancy try these authors [bookmark] [1995] The Killing Fields – War Novels, Short Stories and Collections of Poetry [1985] Patriot Games – A List of Thrillers [1988] A Selection of Technothrillers [1995] Spies, State Secrets, Technothrillers [pre-1990] War Stories – A Selection of War Fiction [Jun 1991]
MYSTERIES, ADVENTURE & SUSPENSE [see also: THRILLERS and TECHNO-THRILLERS]
An ABC of Mystery: Some Acclaimed, Classic or Otherwise Distinctive Mystery Fiction Authors [Mar 2001] Animal Lovers’ Mystery Authors [1998] Bloody Awful: A Sampling of British Mystery, Detective and Crime Fiction, Old and New [Aug 1993] (Read) The Cat Who series by Lillian Jackson Braun [bookmark] [1998] A Century of Christie: Agatha Christie, 1890-1976 [Sep 1991] Cooking Up a Mystery [1998?] instead, see: Murder on the Menu, below Critical Condition – Medical Thrillers/Mysteries [1998] Dog-gone Good Mysteries [Jun 1999] Graves in Academe [1989] I Spy [1986] typed list If You Like Sue Grafton try these authors [bookmark] [mid-1990s] If You Like Tom Clancy try these authors [bookmark] [1995] It Isn’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings (Opera Mysteries/True Exploits of Opera Stars/Opera in Fiction) [Aug 1991] It’s a Mystery: A Selection of Mystery Fiction on Tape [Jun 1995] Legal Thrillers [bookmark] [Oct 1993] Library Mysteries [Oct 1992] NR A List of Works by Nebraska Author Mignon Eberhart [Jul 1995] Love & Danger – Classic & Modern Gothic Romance and Romantic Suspense [Feb 1993] Masterpieces of Intrigue: A List of Art Mysteries & Suspesne and Selected Art Fiction [Apr 1992] Mistletoe Mysteries [1987; Dec 1991 + update sheet Dec 1996; revised 1997; revised again Nov 2000] Mists, Moors, Murders [1987] Mosley and Company – Mysteries by Contemporary Black American Authors [Jan 1993] Murder A La Mode [1988] Murder in the Subtropics [1987] Murder Multiplied: Serial Murder in Recent Adult Fiction [1998] Murder on the Coast (California Mysteries) [1990] Murder on the Menu [1997] Murder, She Writes: Women Mystery Writers Past and Present [Jul 1992] Mysteries: Mystery Writers You Might Have Missed [Oct 1982] Mystery: A Woman Investigates [Jan 1986] Mystery Stories for Young People [Mar 1991] Novels of Romantic Suspense – A List of Some Favorites [pre-1990] Patriot Games – A List of Thrillers [1988] Poe-sitively Edgar Allan: Edgar Allan Poe and the Mystery [Oct 1991] A Policeman’s Lot: Some Police Procedurals [1986] Romance…Suspense…Mystery… [Nov 1986] A Selection of Old-Time Radio Classics on Audiocassette [Jun 1995] A Selection of Technothrillers [1995] Senior Sleuths [1997] Some Spies [1986] typed list Spies, State Secrets, Technothrillers [1989] Through a Spyglass, Darkly: Novels of Espionage [Jun 1991] To Die Laughing: Light or Humorous Mystery, Detective, Spy and Caper Novels [Nov 1990, rev. Feb 1994] Vicars and Villages – Some English Mysteries [Jul 1986] Victorian Villainies [pre-1990] WhoWunnit? Or, Prizes and Demises: The Best Crime & Mystery Novels of the Past Decade [Oct 2000] A Woman’s Place is On The Case [bookmark] [early 1990s] Women Who Write Whodunits [pre-1990] “The 1992 Edgar Awards” copied list “The 1994 Edgar Awards” copied list “If You Like…Mysteries…Detective Fiction” unabashed librarian article “Murders She Wrote” unabashed librarian article
NATIVE AMERICANS & NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
A Bibliography for the Lecture Series “Women Writers of the Great Plains”: Native American Writers [Jan 1985] Little Bighorn and Beyond – Selected Fiction on Native Americans and Their History (with website guide) [Jun 2001] Native American Fiction [1986] Some Native American Poetry [1985] Voices on the Wind – American Indian Fiction and Literature [Mar 1992]
NAVAL ADVENTURES (a.k.a. Sea Stories)
Naval Adventure Series in Fiction [Jul 1982] To Sea, To Sea! [Nov 1993]
NEBRASKA AUTHORS
A Bibliography for the Lecture Series “Women Writers of the Great Plains” – Jan/Feb 1985 (series of five handouts) WWotGP: Canadian Plains Women [goes with video lectures] WWotGP: Contemporary Plainswoman Poets [goes with video lectures] WWotGP: Images of Women in the Writing of Plainsmen [goes with video lectures] WWotGP: Letters and Journals of Women on the Plains [goes with video lectures] WWotGP: Native American Writers [goes with video lectures] Books for Research on Nebraska and Lincoln History and Authors [Sep 1999] A Crop of Words – Nebraska Poets [Apr 1999] Heart Land – A List of some adult fiction romances by authors from Nebraska and Mid-West/Central West States) [Aug 2000] A List of Works by Nebraska Author Mignon Eberhart [Jul 1995] Local Color [1989] Loren Eiseley: September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977: A Biographical Note and a Checklist of his Books [Aug 1982] Love Nebraska Style [1996] Prairie Visions, Plains Songs [1987] Robert Reed – Lincoln’s Science Fiction Author: Publication History 1986-1999 [Nov 1999] A Sampler of Nebraska Authors [pre-1990] Winter Tales From the Heartland [Nov 1996]
POLITICAL
Portraits on Paper [Jul 1996] Presidential Fiction: Novels About U.S. Presidents [Feb 2000]
ROMANCE
The Colors of Love: Ethnic/Afro-American and Interracial Romance [Feb 1999] Heart Land: Some Adult Fiction Romances by Authors from Nebraska and Mid-West/Central West States [Aug 2000] Hearts & Flowers: Popular Romance Authors [Feb 1991] Historical Romancers – A List of Some Recent Romances [1986] If You Like Danielle Steel or Sidney Sheldon try these authors [Jan 1994] If You Like Victoria Holt (Eleanor Hibbert) try these authors [bookmark] [Feb 1993] Lasting Loves – Romantic Sagas [pre-1990] typed list A List of Some Regency Romances [1985] Love & Danger: Classic & Modern Gothic Romance and Romantic Suspense [Feb 1993] Love in a Cold Climate (British Romances) [pre-1990] Love Nebraska Style [1996] Love Stories [Oct 1982] Love, Sweet Love – Some Historical Romances [1985] Not Like All the Other Guys…Tales of Unusual Romance (Beauties & Beasts/Vampire Lovers) [1997] Novels of Romantic Suspense – A List of Some Favorites [pre-1990] typed descriptive list Passion in the Past Tense: Some Historical Romances [Nov 1991] Prehistoric Romances – Novels Set in Prehistoric Times [1986] Regency Romance Recommendations [Aug 1991] Romance…Suspense…Mystery… [Nov 1986] Ruffles, Rakes, Romances – A List of Some Regency and Georgian Romances [1987] Somewhere in Time: A Selection of Time Travel Romances and Novels for Adults [Jun 1998] Women in Love: Some Contemporary Romances [1989] Women in Love: Some Historical Romances [pre-1990] “The Formula for Romance” Library Journal guide sheet [1991] “Romantic Suspense” unabashed librarian article
SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY
After Apocalypse: Novels Set After a Nuclear War [1986] typed list Alien Worlds [1986] typed 3-page list Bug-Eyed Monsters (may be found in…) [1987] Classic Science Fiction [pre-1990] Cosmic Humor: Humorous and Satirical Science Fiction for Adults and Young Adults [Jun 2000] Dark Futures: A Cyberpunk Booklist [Aug 1992] Dragon Realms [1988] The End of the World and Other Minor Disasters [1987] Fire and Ice: A List of Some Disaster Novels [1987] The Force of Fiction: Star Wars [Apr 1999] Future Tense [1986] Future Tense: Cyberpunk and High Tech [1989] Future Tense: Women’s Worlds [1983] Grab Yourself a Fantasy [1994] Hugo Winners [Feb 1998] If You Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, We Suggest… [Dec 2000] Martian Chronicles [pre-1990] typed list The Near Future – A List of some Science Fiction novels [pre-1990] typed 3-page list Nebula Winners [Feb 1998] New Frontiers: Recent Science Fiction [Jan 1991] Not Like All the Other Guys (tales of unusual romances) [1997] Paradise or Perdition [Apr 2001] A Prophecy of Woe – Some Anti-utopias [pre-1990] typed list Recommended Science Fiction for Young Adults [Feb 1998] Robert Reed, Lincoln’s Science Fiction Author: Publication History 1986-1999 [Nov 1999] Some Sword and Sorcery Fantasies [pre-1990] typed list Somewhere in Time: A Selection of Time Travel Romances for Adults and Young Adults [1998] Star Trek: The Reading List (A comprehensive catalog of fiction and selected non-fiction based on Classic Star Trek, The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine) [Feb 1993] Star Trek II: Return of the Reading List (An updated catalog of fiction and selected non-fiction based on the tv series Classic Star Trek, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager) [Dec 1996] A Star Wars Novel List 1976-1997 [Dec 1997] The Stars Her Destination: A representative list of science fiction about outer space and alien worlds by women authors [Jun 1993] A Taste of Paradise: Some Utopias [Jul 1986] Telepaths and Cyborgs [1988] Time is Relative – A Selection of Time Travel Fiction for Adults and Young Adults [Mar 2002] Time Travel – A List of Novels [pre-1990] typed 3-page list Visions of Prehistory [pre-1990] typed list Wonders and Worlds: Science Fiction Classics [Oct 2001] “Cyberpunk 101 Reading List” guide sheet [1988] “A User’s Guide to SF Subgenres (Abridged)” guide sheet [1993]
SPORTS and GAMES
En Passant: A Selection of Chess Materials [Oct 1998] The Sporting Life: A List of Some Sports Fiction [Sep 1991]
THRILLERS and TECHNO-THRILLERS
Critical Condition: Medical Thrillers/Mysteries [1998] I Spy [1986] If You Like Tom Clancy try these authors [1995 bookmark] Patriot Games – A List of Thrillers [1988] A Selection of Technothrillers [1995] Spies, State Secrets, Technothrillers [1989] Thrillers and Chillers (Horror Fiction) [Oct 1992]
WAR STORIES
The Killing Fields – War Novels, Short Stories and Collections of Poetry [1985] War Stories: A Selection of War Fiction [Jun 1991]
WESTERNS
“Best” Westerns [Sep 1990] The Golden West – Some Westerns [pre-1990] The New Breed: A Selection of Recent Westerns [1996] The New West – Doig & McGuane [pre-1990] The New West: Modern Fiction and Poetry from the Western United States [Dec 1992] A Selection of Western Fiction on Audiocassette [Jan 1995] “Best of the Westerns” unabashed librarian article
WORLD LITERATURE (Europe/Asia/Etc.)
Ancient Literature (Classic Reading #1: first in a Booklist series of Selected Classic reading) [Aug 1991] Around the World With 40 Authors: Novels by Non-US Writers [Jan 1992] Back of Beyond – Australian Fiction and Poetry [1986] The Booker Prize: British Novels [Jan 1999] Cheerful Stories, Gloomy Tales – Short Fiction [1986] Contemporary Classics [1987] D.H. Lawrence (some works by/some works about) [1987] Dictates From the Castle: Selected 20th Century Fiction on the Human Condition [2001] East is East: Oriental Literature – Fiction [1987] James Joyce (some works by/some works about) [pre-1990] Latin American Literature [1988] Modern Visions [pre-1990] New Works [Jan 1990] O Canada! Some Canadian Authors of Fiction [Nov 1994] The Rich Are Different [pre-1990] Some Experimental Novels [pre-1990] Stories of the Rising Sun [Nov 1990] Women’s Work [pre-1990] “A Multicultural Reading List” handout sheet [1993] “Latin-American Writers” handout sheet [1993] “Canadian Novelists: A Booklist” unabashed librarian article
NON-FICTION
Arbor Day *** Earth Day [Apr 1992] African-American History [Jan 1989] A Bibliography for the lecture series “Women Writers of the Great Plains” Jan/Feb 1985 (5 ½-sheets) [Jan 1985] Books for Birders [Jul 1983] Chocolate Filled…at Lincoln City Libraries [late-1990s] Classical Music for New Listeners [Jun 1981] Computer Basics [Nov 1982] Earth Day 1990 [1990] Getting Started in Genealogy [May 1999] Going Somewhere? [Jan 2000] Heritage: Civilization and the Jews [Oct 1984] Historic Preservation and Home Renovation [May 1984] Holiday Crafts [Nov 1983] Holiday Crafts: Some Resources for Children and Adults [1997] Humorists [1989] Loren Eiseley, September 3, 1907 – July 9, 1977: A Biographical Note and A Checklist of His Books [Aug 1982] Mental Health – A Reading Guide [Sep 1987] On Death and Dying [Mar 1984] Pathfinder to the U.S. Constitution [Jun 1987] Pathfinder to Women’s History [Feb 1992] Prairie Visions, Plains Songs [1987] Preserving Our Prairie [Aug 1982] A Royal Life: From Lilibet to Queen Elizabeth II [Mar 2001] A Selection of Old-Time Radio Classics on Audiocassette [Jun 1995] Some Helps for Funeral Planning and related Topics, available in the Lincoln City Libraries collections [Nov 1999] Stitch a Story [Apr 1993] Tried and True: Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century in English [Sep 2000] Travelers Reflections [Oct 1995] Your Small Business…The How To’s [revised edition Sep 1983]
YOUNG PEOPLE
African-American Experience [Feb 1990] Caldecott Books [Mar 1985] nominees included Caldecott Books [Mar 1997] Celebrate Earth Day with Books for Youth! [1995] Children’s Favorites for 50 Years (a.k.a. “50 Books * 50 Years”): A celebration of the 50th Summer Reading Program [Jan 1987 The Classics: Young People’s Department [unk – circa 1993] LCL Reading List on Adolescent Stress, Depression and Suicide [Jan 1985] Middle-Grade Reading [Aug 1983] Mystery Stories for Young People [Mar 1991] Newbery Books [Mar 1985] nominees included Newbery Books [Mar 1997] Young People’s Guide to the History of Women [Mar 1992]