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Fill in the form below, and one of the Reference Librarians at the Jones Library will send you a personalized reading list within a week of receiving the request. We must restrict this service to Amherst library cardholders, so please provide your library card number in the appropriate box below.






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Are you interested in a specific genre(s)? Please place a check next to each of those genres.

Classics Mysteries Historical Fiction
Science Fiction Fantasy Psychological Thriller
Western Action/Adventure Romance
Biography/Memoir Spies Romantic Suspense
Inspirational Religious Legal

Are you interested in a specific format?

Book
Large Print
Book on CD
Book on tape
Graphic Novels

For the tone of the book, please rank how much you value each of the following. Choosing "3" for a category means that the category is not important to you.

Light 1 2 3 4 5 Foreboding
Easy 1 2 3 4 5 Demanding
Humorous 1 2 3 4 5 Serious
Relaxed 1 2 3 4 5 Tense
Familiar 1 2 3 4 5 Unconventional
Single Plot 1 2 3 4 5 Layered
Closure 1 2 3 4 5 Unresolved
Clear, Plain 1 2 3 4 5 Lush, Poetic
Melodramatic 1 2 3 4 5 Realistic
Traditional 1 2 3 4 5 Contemporary

Please list up to 5 of your favorite books and/or authors, and what you enjoy about them.

Please list up to 5 books or authors who you have read and have not enjoyed and explain why.

Please note your preference on whether the following categories should be included in the books.

Sexual Themes OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Rough or Obscene Language OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Death OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Graphic Violence OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Right Wing Politics OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Left Wing Politics OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Addiction OK Not OK Doesn't Matter
Other?

Anything else we should factor into our suggestions?

This page last updated on February 18, 2009