Click on the links below to find some examples of authors of different genres:

 

Adventure Fantasy Adventure Sports Fiction War Westerns	Families Fiction Fiction by Celebrity Authors Other Cultures Young Adult	Crime Mystery and Deception Psychological Thrillers Scandinavian Crime Spy Thrillers
Classics Historical Fiction Myths and Fairytales Other Cultures Timeslip Novels	British History Poetry Sports Biographies Travel True Stories	Chick Lit Family Saga Medical Romance Paranormal Romance Romance
	Fantasy  Fantasy Adventure Horror Myths and Fairytales Science Fiction Space Opera

 

Click on the book covers below to find the author in the library catalogue.

 

Sports Biographies

Bradley Wiggins	Karren Brady	Gary Neville	Jessica Ennis	Andre Agassi
Victoria Pendleton	Brian Moore	Serena Williams	Bear Grylls	Clare Balding

 

British History

Robert Lacey	Simon Schama	Simon Jenkins	Jeremy Black	David Starkey
Neil Oliver	Alison Weir	Taylor Downing	Peter Ackroyd	David Loades

 

Young Adult

From Twilight and The Hunger Games to War Horse and The Fault in Our Stars, whether it's fantasy, dystopia or realistic fiction, young adult books can be enjoyed by adults as well.  Many young adult books have been made into popular films.

Jenny Downham	Stephenie Meyer	John Green	Patrick Ness	Meg Rosoff
Michael Morpurgo	Malorie Blackman	Suzanne Collins	Neil Gaiman	Annabel Pitcher

 

Classics

Jane Austen	Charlotte Bronte	Charles Dickens	Louisa May Alcott	Frances Hodgson Burnett
Arthur Conan Doyle	John Steinbeck	Ernest Hemingway	William Golding	F Scott Fitzgerald

 

Psychological Thrillers

Mary Higgins Clark	Gillian Flynn	Nicci French	Dennis Lehane	Joanna Hines
Andrew Klavan	Sam Hayes	John Connolly	S J Watson	Sophie Hannah

 

Space Opera

Iain M Banks	Douglas Adams	Star Wars	Jack Campbell	Kim Stanley Robinson
Greg Bear	Alastair Reynolds	Michael Cobley	Peter F Hamilton	Neal Asher

 

Poetry

Morpeth Library holds the Northern Poetry Library, the largest collection of post-World War Two poetry in England outside London.  Click here to find out more about the Northern Poetry Library.

Carol Ann Duffy	Ron Butlin	Neil Astley	Don Paterson	Simon Armitage
John Burnside	Laura Barber	Jo Shapcott	Christopher Reid	Kathleen Jamie

 

Medical Romance

Marion Lennox	Lucy Clark	Joanna Neil	Alison Roberts	Lynne Marshall
Margaret McDonagh	Fiona Lowe	Kate Hardy	Dianne Drake	Anne Fraser

 

Fantasy Adventure

Haruki Murakami	George R R Martin	Yann Martel	David Eddings	Terry Pratchett
Terry Brooks	Steven Erikson	J R R Tolkien	Robin Hobb	Brandon Sanderson

 

Adventure

Clive Cussler	Jack Higgins	Tom Clancy	Wilbur Smith	Robert Ludlum
Alistair MacLean	Ken Follett	Stephen Hunter	David Morrell	Andy McNab

 

Horror

Sarah Pinborough	Clive Barker	John Saul	Stephen King	David Moody
Justin Cronin	Shaun Hutson	Thomas Emson	Richard Laymon	Joyce Carol Oates

 

Fiction by Celebrity Authors

Julian Clary	Katie Price	Dawn French	Jo Brand	Alan Titchmarsh
Fern Britton	Coleen Nolan	Tara Palmer Tomkinson	Penny Smith	Sophie Dahl

 

Paranormal Romance

Charlaine Harris	Christine Feehan	Gena Showalter	J R Ward	Lora Leigh
Nalini Singh	Kresley Cole	Larissa Ione	Lynsay Sands	Sherrilyn Kenyon

 

 

Spy Thrillers

Ken Follett	Stephen Leather	Robert Ludlum	Stella Rimington	David Downing
Robert Harris	Ian Fleming	John le Carre	Daniel Silva	Frederick Forsyth

 

Westerns

Fred Grove	Wade Everett	Zane Grey	Lewis B Patten	David Thompson
Jory Sherman	Max Brand	Chap O'Keefe	Louis L'Amour	Lauran Paine

 

Sports Fiction

Dick Francis	Harlan Coben	Lionel Shriver	John Francome	Chris Cleave
Susan Elizabeth Phillips	Joseph O'Neill	John Grisham	Robert B Parker	Jenny Pitman

 

Myths & Fairy Tales

Madeline Miller	A S Byatt	Bernard Cornwell	Angela Carter	Gregory Maguire
J R R Tolkien	Marion Zimmer Bradley	Paulo Coelho	Margaret Atwood	Anne Rice

 

Family Saga

Julia Quinn	Lesley Pearse	Annie Murray	Rosie Harris	Dee Willams
Rosie Goodwin	Annie Groves	Maureen Lee	Margaret Dickinson	Anna Jacobs

 

Fantasy

J. R. R. Tolkien	Robin Hobb	Anne McCaffrey	George R. R. Martin	Joe Abercrombie
Laurell K. Hamilton	Neil Gaiman	Tom Holt	Terry Pratchett	Raymond E. Feist

 

Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Since The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo came out there has been a rise in the popularity of Scandinavian crime fiction.  Why not have a look below at some of the other Scandinavian crime authors and borrow one of their books.

Jo Nesbo	Camilla Lackberg	Johan Theorin	Karin Alvtegen	Mari Jungstedt
Henning Mankell	Håkan Nesser	Åsa Larsson	Liza Marklund	Anders Roslund

 

Travel

Lose yourself in the memoirs of an author's travels, from celebrities to intrepid explorers.

Bill Bryson	Richard Grant	Charley Boorman	Colin Thubron	Steve Backshall
Paul Theroux	Tim Butcher	Horatio Clare	Richard Hammond	Griff Rhys Jones

 

True Stories

True stories about people overcoming adversity or tragedy. 

Jennifer Worth	Dave Pelzer	Cathy Glass	Jasvinder Sanghera	Torey Hayden
Constance Briscoe	Shane Dunphy	Richard McCann	Toni Maguire	Edith Cotterill

 

Timeslip Novels

A timeslip novel is one that alternates between two different time periods.

Susanna Kearsley	Daphne du Maurier	Barbara Erskine	Kate Morton	Laurie Viera Rigler
Geraldine Brooks	Alis Hawkins	Diana Gabaldon	Audrey Niffeneger	Kate Mosse

 

Mystery and Deception

Martin Edwards	Harlan Coben	Robert Barnard	Boris Akunin	Faye Kellerman
Val McDermid	Peter Robinson	Ian Rankin	Michael Connelly	Reginald Hill

 

Families Fiction

These authors write books about family life - the relationships between parent and child, mother and daughter, sisters and brothers.

Rosie Harris	Clemency Burton-Hill	Laura Wiess	Jennifer Weiner	Jodi Picoult
Joanna Briscoe	Kate Long	Andrea Busfield	Tara Hyland	Heather Gudenkauf

 

Books about Other Cultures

Read books set all over the world, from India to Italy, and lose yourself in another culture.

Amitav Ghosh	Amy Tan	Elizabeth Peters	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Michael Ondaatje
Khaled Hosseini	Mary Doria Russell	Wilbur Smith	Isabel Allende	Daniel Mason

 

Crime

C. J. Box	Lee Child	Tess Gerritsen	Diane Janes	Stieg Larsson
Stephen Leather	Scott Mariani	Jo Nesbo	Ann Cleeves	Cath Staincliffe

 

Chick Lit

Candace Bushnell	Jenny Colgan	Lucy Diamond	Jane Green	Lisa Jewell
Milly Johnson	Marian Keyes	Sophie Kinsella	Jill Mansell	Paige Toon

 

Historical Fiction

Christie Dickason	Barbara Erskine	Kate Furnivall	Margaret George	Philippa Gregory
Katie Hickman	Lesley Pearse	Jean Plaidy	C. J. Sansom	Alison Weir

 

Science Fiction

	Neal Asher	Kevin J Anderson	Arthur C Clarke	William Gibson	Terry Goodkind
	Peter F Hamilton	Philip K. Dick	Iain M. Banks	Michael Crichton	Charles Stross

 

Romance

Catherine Alliott	Diane Chamberlain	Harriet Evans	Katie Fforde	Katie Flynn
Jojo Moyes	Rosie Thomas	Freya North	Carole Matthews	Judy Astley

 

War

Pat Barker	Bernard Cornwell	Duncan Falconer	Sebastian Faulks	Alexander Fullerton
Ernest Hemingway	James Holland	Andy McNab	Chris Ryan	Julian Stockwin

 

If you would like some help choosing your next book, please ask staff at your local library who will be hapy to suggest new titles to you.

For a selection of recommended reads from library staff please visit the pages below:

• Crime and Thriller Recommended Reads
• Sci-Fi and Fantasy Recommended Reads
• Romance, History and Saga Recommended Reads
• General Fiction Recommended Reads
• Non-Fiction Recommended Reads

 

You can also search the library catalogue yourself to find something new to read.