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Welcome to Readers Corner, the homepage of the Readers' Services department. The Syosset Public Library is the first library in Nassau County to have a public service desk exclusively dedicated to enhancing the reading experience. Located on the second floor, the staff members of the Readers' Services department are available to offer reading suggestions, author information, book club titles, etc. Stop by the desk, grab a book and warm up next to our cozy fireplace.

Library Book Discussions / Programs
Monthly Book Club Men's Book Club Title Swap with Librarians	Book to Film Series Book Club in a Bag 20-Something Book Club

BOOK LOVERS' LINKS

Author Suggestions by Genre
Chick Lit Fiction for All Readers Mysteries Guy Reads Historical Fiction Horror Literary Fiction	Political Fiction Popular Romance Authors Science Fiction / Fantasy Suspense / Thrillers Time Travel Fiction Tudor Era Fiction Westerns

If You Like...
David Baldacci Charlotte Bronte Tracy Chevalier Janet Evanovich John Grisham Philippa Gregory Carl Hiaasen Jan Karon Robert Jordan Stephen King	Jhumpa Lahiri Ian McEwan James Patterson Jodi Picoult Rosamunde Pilcher Philip Roth Richard Russo Adriana Trigiani Anne Tyler

Staff Picks

Current List of Staff Picks

Recommended Websites for Readers

CELEBRATE THE CLASSICS

Join Jackie Ranaldo Readers Services Librarian, in a discussion of Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth.
Wednesday, September 15. 1 PM

DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES
Share the afternoon at the library as we watch and discuss film documentaries on diverse topics.

Friday, September 10. 2 PM
Farmingville by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini
with Ralph Guiteau, Readers Services Librarian

This event is a collaboration with P.O.V., PBS' award-winning nonfiction film series
http://www.pbs.org/pov/

A Long Island community is torn apart by illegal immigration and it's human costs.

Friday, November 19. 2 PM
Film: Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?
with Sonia Grgas, Readers Services Librarian

Filmmaker Harry Moses offers humorous and revealing insight into the art authentication process in America by documenting the remarkable tale of a seventy-three-year-old former long-haul trucker who was snubbed by the art establishment after purchasing a Jackson Pollock painting for five dollars at a local thrift shop.

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR VISITS THE LIBRARY

Friday, October 29. 7:00 PM.
Author Stefanie Pintoff joins us for a reading from A Curtain Falls, the sequel to her Edgar Award winning debut, In the Shadow of Gotham, and a discussion of historic New York that inspired both books.
The author will be available to sign books at the end of the program.
The book will be sold by the Friends of the Library at the event.

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