PPL Rex: Personalized Recommendations and Research Help

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RAWWWRRR! Portsmouth Public Library staff are FEROCIOUS in their devotion to helping you find books, movies, magazines, and other materials you LOVE.

What should you read, watch, or listen to next? We can help you answer this question.

Looking for your next great read?
Kids, Parents and Teens can call Youth Services to receive a customized booklist or surprise book bundle curated by a youth services librarian!
Adults, fill out our PPL Rex: What's Next? Form and choose Recommendations - we can send you a list by email, or put items on hold for curbside pickup!

If you're learning about a new topic - delving into your family genealogy, thinking about going gluten-free, starting a yoga practice, thinking about opening your own business, buying a new mattress, anything! - let our reference librarians find you credible resources.
Fill out our PPL Rex: What's Next? Form and choose Research Help. We'll send you personalized research materials, and answer any follow-up questions you may have!

Have you signed up for our NextReads newsletters? You can choose from a variety of genres, and receive curated monthly emails with book titles, linked directly to our catalog so it's easy to place a hold for curbside pickup.
To sign up and start receiving recommendations, visit cityofportsmouth.com/library/nextreads.

When you're browsing our catalog online, click on a book you love. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Novelist Select.
You'll see information about the series (if it's part of one), "read-alikes," similar authors, similar series, and even Story Elements that help you pinpoint what you love best, and look for more of the same. It's like a Book Netflix!

We're always creating book lists on new topics! Each one links directly to books in our catalog so it's easy to place holds. Here are a few to get you started!
Resources on Racism: books on racism for all ages, as well as Black voices in fiction, poetry, and more!
Diverse Ability Booklists: raise awareness and empathy by reading about characters with disabilities. With fiction and nonfiction for all ages!
Books on Grief, Loss, and Mental Illness: for those difficult times - books for kids, novels, and nonfiction, selected with love.

Call us at 603-427-1540, email us through our contact form, or chat with us on our website. We're standing by to get you what you need.