Curated Collections

Welcome to the Open Library Curated Collections homepage! Here you will find a variety of collections spanning a wide range of topics, with the best part being every collection has been curated by a patron just like you! If you are interested in creating your own collection, see the link at the bottom of this page.

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The Book Awards Library

• Bisexual Book Awards
  
• Euler Book Prize
  
• Ferro-Grumley Award
  
• Hugo Awards
  
• Lambda Literary Awards
  
• Nebula Awards
  
• Newbery Medal
  
• Otherwise (Tiptree) Award
  
• Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar
  
• Publishing Triangle Awards
  
• Ruth Benedict Prize
  
• Stonewall Book Awards
  
• Story Olympiade
  
• Wolfgang-Hohlbein-Preis

Juvenile Literature Awards

• Caldecott Medal
  
• Ezra Jack Keats Award
  
• Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
  
• Newbery Award
  
• Pura Belpré Geisel Award
  
• Sibert Award

The Banned & Challenged Books Library

• Banned & Challenged Books by School System
  
• Goddard School District
  
• Mat Su Valley: Banned Book Challenge
  
• Read the Books That Schools Want to Ban: Featured in The Atlantic
  
• Texas
  
• Top 10 Most Challenged Books Lists

Curriculum

• Great Books (The St. Johns List)
  
• Homeschool Resources
  
• K-12 Library - English
  
• K-12 Library - Croatian
  
• Learn Math from Start to Finish
  
• Summer of Math
  
• Ukrainian Literature School Curriculum (in progress)

Empowering Communities

• Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering
  
• LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈
  
• 1000 Black Girl Books Library

Fiction Series

• Animorphs
  
• Bodice Rippers
  
• Choose Your Own Adventure
  
• Dinotopia
  
• Fear Street
  
• Goosebumps
  
• Nightmare Hall
  
• Rainbow Magic
  
• Sleazy Pulp
  
• Star Trek
  
• Star Wars
  
• The Boxcar Children
  
• The Hardy Boys
  
• Tolkien's Birthday Collection
  
• Warhammer 40,000
  
• Warhammer Fantasy

The Haunted Library

A specially curated collection of Young Adult Horror Books and Series.

Author Collections

• Dan Brown
  
• James Patterson
  
• V.C. Andrews

Days

• Happy New Year 2021!
  
• February 24 - International Day of Education
  
• Christmas Time

Months

• January | February | March | April | May | June | July
  
• August | September | October | November | December

Seasons

• Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter

Special Collections

• A Bible Collection
  
• Historia de España en viñetas
  
• OliverSpeaks
  
• Origami: The Art of Paper Folding
  
• Peanuts: Good Grief, Charlie Schulz! (in progress)
  
• Read the Movie
  
• TV People Books
  
• Understanding Politics

International

• Schweizer Buchpreis

All Collections

• /collections/100-best-mystery-and-thriller-books-of-all-time
• /collections/CYOA
• /collections/Dark_Romance
• /collections/Goosebumps
• /collections/HomeSchool
• /collections/LGBTQ
• /collections/Marley-Dias-1000BlackGirlBooks-Library
• /collections/Rainbow_Magic
• /collections/Schweizer_Buchpreis_Gewinner
• /collections/Sleezy_Pulp
• /collections/Supply_Chain
• /collections/[A_Bible_Collection]
• /collections/[CHRISTMAS-TIME]
• /collections/[Historical_Romance_Bodice_Rippers]
• /collections/[Sleezy_Pulp]
• /collections/ala-frequently-challenged
• /collections/an_awfully_beastly_business
• /collections/animorphs
• /collections/april
• /collections/are_you_afraid_of_the_dark
• /collections/august
• /collections/banned-books
• /collections/banned-challenged-in-schools
• /collections/bisexual-book-awards
• /collections/bodice-rippers
• /collections/book-awards
• /collections/boxcar-children
• /collections/caldecott-medal
• /collections/cascaborra-historia-de-espana-en-vinetas
• /collections/challenged-goddard-school-district
• /collections/climbing
• /collections/collection-xxxxx
• /collections/cooking
• /collections/cultural-resource-center
• /collections/dan-brown
• /collections/december
• /collections/delete
• /collections/dinotopia
• /collections/dragonriders-of-pern
• /collections/dungeons_and_dragons
• /collections/euler-book-prize
• /collections/expanding-girls-horizons-science-engineering
• /collections/fear-street
• /collections/february
• /collections/ferro-grumley-award
• /collections/greatbooks
• /collections/happy-new-year-2021
• /collections/hardy-boys
• /collections/hugo-awards
• /collections/international-day-of-education
• /collections/james-patterson
• /collections/jericho-list
• /collections/july
• /collections/june
• /collections/k-12
• /collections/k-12.en
• /collections/k-12.hr
• /collections/kingdom-of-hawai'i-people
• /collections/kingdom-of-hawaiʻi-people
• /collections/lambda-literary-awards
• /collections/learn-math-from-start-to-finish
• /collections/march
• /collections/mat-su-valley-banned-book-challenge
• /collections/may
• /collections/meyers-reisebücher
• /collections/nebula-awards
• /collections/newbery-medal
• /collections/nightmare-hall
• /collections/november
• /collections/nyt-best-sellers
• /collections/nyt-bestsellers
• /collections/oberharz
• /collections/october
• /collections/old-school-d&d
• /collections/oliverspeaks
• /collections/one-piece
• /collections/origami
• /collections/otherwise-tiptree-award
• /collections/peanuts
• /collections/pen-and-paper-rpg
• /collections/read-the-movie
• /collections/ruth-benedict-prize
• /collections/science_fiction
• /collections/september
• /collections/star-trek
• /collections/star-wars
• /collections/stonewall-book-awards
• /collections/summer
• /collections/summer-of-math-2023
• /collections/test
• /collections/test-follow-merged-works
• /collections/texas-challenged
• /collections/textbooks
• /collections/the_haunted_library
• /collections/the_haunted_library/an_awfully_beastly_business
• /collections/the_haunted_library/apple_publishing
• /collections/the_haunted_library/araminta_spook
• /collections/the_haunted_library/assorted_ya_horror_books
• /collections/the_haunted_library/based_on_movies_shows_and_games
• /collections/the_haunted_library/bone_chillers
• /collections/the_haunted_library/buffy_the_vampire_slayer
• /collections/the_haunted_library/burlap_hall_mysteries
• /collections/the_haunted_library/christopher_pike
• /collections/the_haunted_library/creepers
• /collections/the_haunted_library/dark_forces
• /collections/the_haunted_library/dark_hearts
• /collections/the_haunted_library/deadtime_stories
• /collections/the_haunted_library/descendants
• /collections/the_haunted_library/doomsday_mall
• /collections/the_haunted_library/edgar_and_ellen
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ellen_and_corey
• /collections/the_haunted_library/emily_the_strange
• /collections/the_haunted_library/fangs_-_vampire_spy
• /collections/the_haunted_library/fifth_grade_monsters
• /collections/the_haunted_library/five_nights_at_freddy’s
• /collections/the_haunted_library/fleshcreepers
• /collections/the_haunted_library/frightfully_friendly_ghosties
• /collections/the_haunted_library/frightville
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ghost_twins
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ghostbusters
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ghosthunters
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ghostville_elementary
• /collections/the_haunted_library/graveyard_school
• /collections/the_haunted_library/gremlins
• /collections/the_haunted_library/grizzly_tales
• /collections/the_haunted_library/haunted
• /collections/the_haunted_library/haunted_canada
• /collections/the_haunted_library/horror_high
• /collections/the_haunted_library/ihorror
• /collections/the_haunted_library/invisible_fiends
• /collections/the_haunted_library/kitty_slade
• /collections/the_haunted_library/meet_the_kreeps
• /collections/the_haunted_library/men_in_black
• /collections/the_haunted_library/monster_high
• /collections/the_haunted_library/monster_makers
• /collections/the_haunted_library/monstrum_house
• /collections/the_haunted_library/mostly_ghostly
• /collections/the_haunted_library/mr._midnight
• /collections/the_haunted_library/my_babysitter_is_a_vampire
• /collections/the_haunted_library/my_sister_the_vampire
• /collections/the_haunted_library/my_teacher_is_an_alien
• /collections/the_haunted_library/mysterium
• /collections/the_haunted_library/night_frights
• /collections/the_haunted_library/nightmare_academy
• /collections/the_haunted_library/nightmare_hall
• /collections/the_haunted_library/nightmare_inn
• /collections/the_haunted_library/nightmares
• /collections/the_haunted_library/oliver_moon
• /collections/the_haunted_library/oliver_nocturne
• /collections/the_haunted_library/past_midnight
• /collections/the_haunted_library/phantom_rider
• /collections/the_haunted_library/point_horror
• /collections/the_haunted_library/poison_apple
• /collections/the_haunted_library/riverdale
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scary_stories_for_sleep-overs
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scary_stories_for_stormy_night
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scary_stories_that_will_make_you_scream
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scary_tales
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scooby_doo
• /collections/the_haunted_library/scream_street
• /collections/the_haunted_library/screaming_sands
• /collections/the_haunted_library/supernatural
• /collections/the_haunted_library/the_bailey_city_collection
• /collections/the_haunted_library/the_bailey_city_monsters
• /collections/thomas-aquinas-collection
• /collections/tolkien-birthday-collection
• /collections/tom-clancy
• /collections/triangle-awards
• /collections/tv-people-books
• /collections/ukrainian-literature-school-curriculum
• /collections/understanding_politics
• /collections/v-c-andrews
• /collections/warhammer-40k-collection
• /collections/warhammer-fantasy-collection

Want to create your own special Collection? Check out these instructions for Librarians