Looking for a new author? Want to find something new to read? Use any of the links below to discover new materials that have been added to the Newport News Public Library System, sign-up for monthly newsletters that will be e-mailed directly to you, join an online book club, and more.

• Looking for a good book? Try our new Personalized Reading Service. Fill out and submit our online form and our staff will compile a list of suggested reading, personally selected just for you! 

• Sign up for any of our online book clubs for fiction, non-fiction, business, romance, good news, mystery, science fiction, horror, audio books, pre-publications, and teens.

Subscribe to our newsletters and get an e-mail every month telling you about new and popular books in the library collection.

Playaways are available at all Newport News libraries. A Playaway is a small pre-loaded, self-playing digital audio book. Hundreds are titles are available in the catalog by doing a call number search starting with "PLA".

• Get suggestions for authors and titles to read with What Do I Read Next?

• Part of a book club?? Find out about our Book Discussion in a Bag collection.  
• Need some literary criticisms or author information for your book club or school assignment? Check out these online resources
  

  Literature Resource Center - authors & criticisms

  Literature Criticism Online - lots of criticisms

• Looking for award winners, bestseller lists, etc. Checkout these sites for more suggestions.