Hoosier Next Read

Hoosier Next Read is a personalized book recommendation service from The Indianapolis Public Library. Share your reading preferences, and our Library staff will send you a custom list of 2–5 titles within 7 business days so you’ll always have your next great read ready. Your new favorite book, handpicked for you!

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Get your personalized recommendations.

Need help? Ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or email us!


More Ways to Find Reading Recommendaitons

Currently Reading on Facebook
Looking for something to read or watch next? Join us on Sunday nights at 8:30 p.m. on Facebook for Currently Reading, an hour during which book enthusiasts share favorite books and offer suggestion about what to read next.

Email Newsletter
Subscribe to an email newsletter from NextReads to receive reading recommendation in your inbox monthly about topics you choose. Book suggestions are linked to our catalog for easy requesting. See a sample issue of NextReads.

Genre Book Lists
If you favor particular subjects or genres, we can help with that too! See our staff genre recommendations on our blog.

Indy Now Book Club
Catch book recommendations and Library program highlights from your own local librarians once a month on the Indy Now Morning Show on Fox59. The show airs at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Browse our past appearances.

Novelist Plus
Use your Library card to login to Novelist Plus to find recommendations, read-alikes, series lists, reviews, and lists of award-winning books.

What We're Reading
Find out what's popular, read staff recommendations, and discover hidden gems from undiscovered classics to the newest best-sellers! You can make a selection from one of the book lists on What We're Reading, a collection of recommendation created by our staff that is updated every month.

Upcoming Book Discussions

Virtual Author Talk: America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter Virtual Author Talk: America’s Failed Response to the Opioid Crisis with Author Shoshana Walter Online

Join us for a special conversation between award-winning journalist Shoshana Walter and bestselling and award-winning author Barbara Kingsolver as they chat about Walter’s book Rehab: An American Scandal.

Reader's Roulette Book Club Reader's Roulette Book Club Michigan Road Branch

You spin it we read it! This month's genre is Sci-Fi. Come and discuss three sci-fi novellas. Read one or read them all its up to you! "The Tusks of Extinction" by Ray Nayler, "Full Speed to a Crash Landing" by Beth Revis, and "The Past is Red" by Catherynne M. Valente.

WitLITS Book Discussion Group WitLITS Book Discussion Group Spades Park Branch

A read aloud group exploring classic literature in a group reading.