Bestsellers

Check out current bestsellers as listed by the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Publisher's Weekly Fiction, Publisher's Weekly Nonfiction, Amazon's Top 100 List, and Oprah's Book Club.

Books on CD/Tape

Most Popular Audiobooks of 2008
Check out the most popular books on cd, as measured by the number of checkouts at the Library between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.

Most Popular Audiobooks of 2007
Check out the most popular books on cd and tape, as measured by the number of checkouts at the Library between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.

New Arrivals

Browse the new arrivals at the Library, including the most recent fiction, mystery, science fiction, nonfiction, technical books, health books, and more.

Staff Recommends...

Fiction

Action & Adventure
Physical risk and people doing extraordinary deeds are the hallmarks of action and adventure fiction. These books will follow mercenaries, commandos or terrorists to jungles, deserts or other forbidding locales.

California Authors
Some who lived in the State, and some who wrote about it.

Chick Lit 1 / Chick Lit 2
Irresistible contemporary novels that deal with the real issues women face every day.

First in a Series of Mysteries:  List #1 / List #2 / List #3
Mystery and thriller series you won't be able to stop reading!

Gentle Reads 
"Feel-good" books that project a comfortable sense of well being.

Historical Fiction
Novels that take you across the centuries and around the world.

100 Good Reads for the College Bound
Timeless classics.

Paranormal Romance
Combine the mysteries of love with the mysteries of the supernatural and you'll get paranormal romance, a new twist on the romance genre that raises the stakes!

Sherlock Holmes Pastiches
A pastiche is a literary (or artistic, musical, architectural) work that imitates the style of the previous work.

Nonfiction

Award Winning History, Biography and Travel Books
A select list of recent award winners and recommended titles.

Notable 21st Century Nonfiction  
Notable nonfiction from the first years of this new century.

Truth is Stranger than Fiction
If you're a fan of true crime cable channels, then you KNOW how bizarre the circumstances of true crime stories are! Tales can be shocking and bizarre, with tragic consequences. Yet, each story is comprised of fascinating twists and turns that keep our attention.

Nonfiction & Fiction

A Decade of Reading
Ten years of Sunnyvale Monthly Book Group selections!

The Da Vinci Code Reading List
Learn more about the background and facts The Da Vinci Code was based on.

Earth Day
Uncover materials from the Library collection about our planet Earth for all age levels.

Reading Group Choices
One of the most exciting, yet worrisome aspects of any book group is picking the books to read. As many groups have found, not every good read makes for a lively discussion! Here are some titles that many book groups have used in recent years.

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