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Large Print Books Recently Added
These are lists of mostly Large Print books recently added to the TBP Collection.
Comprehensive Lists
Individual Lists
2022
November 2022 Large Print | September 2022 Large Print | August 2022 Large Print | July 2022 Large Print | June 2022 Large Print | May 2022 Large Print | April 2022 Large Print |March 2022 Large Print | February 2022 Large Print | January 2022 Large Print
July 2022 Braille | June 2022 Braille | May 2022 Braille | April 2022 Braille | March 2022 Braille
2021
December 2021 Large Print / October 2021 Large Print / August 2021 Large Print / July 2021 Large Print / June 2021 Large Print / April 2021 Large Print / March 2021 Large Print / February 2021 Large Print
August 2021 Braille / July 2021 Braille / June 2021 Braille / April 2021 Braille / March 2021 Braille /
2020
December 2020 Large Print / November 2020 Large Print / September-October 2020 Large Print / July-August 2020 Large Print /
June 2020 Large Print / April-May 2020 Large Print / March 2020 Large Print / February 2020 Large Print / January 2020 Large Print
2019
December 2019 Large Print / August 2019 Large Print / June 2019 Large Print
Large Print Bibliography 2010
Large Print and Braille Recently Added 2019
Large Print Recently Added 2020
Large Print and Braille Recently Added 2021
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Information and Reading List
Reading Lists
These reading lists were created for specific and anticipated TBP readers’ requests. If you have an interest area you would like book recommendations on, not reflected in these listing s, please contact a Reader’s Advisory Librarian at 800-252-9605 or e-mail us at tbp.ral@tsl.texas.gov.
2020 Presidential Candidates: In Their Own Words [pdf]
African American Fiction [pdf]
African American Nonfiction [pdf]
Amish, Mennonite, and Shaker Books [pdf]
Baseball Nonfiction [pdf]
Basketball Nonfiction [pdf]
Best Historical Fiction (2008-2016) [pdf]
Booklist’s Top Audio Books for Young Adults 2021 [pdf]
Books by Blind and Visually Impaired Authors [pdf]
Books by GLBT Authors [pdf]
Children's Spanish Books [pdf]
Christian Fiction [pdf]
Christian Nonfiction [pdf]
Classics (American) [pdf]
Classics (World) [pdf]
Culinary Mysteries [pdf]
Diabetes [pdf]
Folktales, Myths and Legends [pdf]
Football Nonfiction [pdf]
Genealogy [pdf]
Golden Age of Hollywood Biographies [pdf]
Nobel Prize Winners [pdf]
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction [pdf]
Reese Witherspoon Book Club [pdf]
Science Fiction [pdf]
Spanish Language Titles for Youth [pdf]
Star Trek [pdf]
Texas Musicians [pdf]
Top Audiobooks for Middle Grades [pdf]
Employment / Transition to the Workforce Bibliography [pdf]
United States Historical Fiction [pdf]
Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking [pdf]
Western Award Winners: Spur Award [pdf]
Western Award Winners: Western Heritage Award [pdf]
Coping with Visual Impairment Reading List
This bibliography is meant to be an update to the Coping with Blindness bibliography created by the late Alvin Roberts. Books included are mostly braille and digital format books. Reading stories about others who have struggled with blindness can be inspiring and therapeutic. Roberts wrote in a 1984, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness article titled, "Bibliotherapy: A Technique for Counseling Blind People" that:
Since antiquity, books, especially biographies, have been used for transmitting hard-learned lessons about life. . . The right book at the right time can enhance adjustment to blindness.
Books Worth Revisiting
List of books and short stories that are usually included as inserts in the Texas Talking Book News bulletins sent out to our patrons.
A Kiss of Vampire Fiction [pdf]
Adventures, Cowboys, and Spies [pdf]
Biographies of Fascinating People [pdf]
Books Made into Movies 2012 [pdf]
Favorite Short Stories By Female Authors [pdf]
Favorites from the 1930s to the 1960s [pdf]
Gothic Romances [pdf]
Harry Potter [pdf]
Hornblower [pdf]
In the Court of Charles II [pdf]
Jane Austen [pdf]
Novels of Elizabeth George Speare [pdf]
Supernatural Short Stories [pdf]
Three by Anya Seton [pdf]
Traveling Back to the Middle Ages [pdf]
Texas Authors Sampler [pdf]
Spanish
Español ~ Autores Ganadores del Premio Nobel de Literatura [pdf]
Español ~ Conjunto de Muestras de Autobiografías, Biografías y Memorias [pdf]
Español ~ Las biografías de Algunas Personas Fascinantes [pdf]
Español ~ Libros de diversas culturas y naciones [pdf]
Español ~ Conllevando la Discapacidad Visual [pdf]
Español ~ Detective y Novelas de Suspenso [pdf]
Español ~ Harry Potter [pdf]
Español ~ Inspiración y fe [pdf]
Español ~ Jane Austen [pdf]
Spotlight on Texas Books / Énfasis en Texas
Digital Audio book titles by Texas authors or about the history, culture, folklore, and people of the Lone Star state, produced by volunteers at the Talking Book Program Volunteer Recording Studio in Austin and at the Recording Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Midland.
Audio libros digitales de autores Texanos o acerca de la historia, cultura, folklore, y gente del Estado de la Estrella Solitaria, producidos por voluntarios en el Estudio de Grabación del Programa de Libros Que Hablan en Austin y en la Biblioteca de grabación de West Texas en Midland.
Spotlight on Texas Books [html]
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