Recommended Reading

Recommendations from the BCL Beacon.

Weekly column in the Beaufort Gazette and Island Packet.

Featured Booklists 

• African-American Fiction Authors
• Beaufort County Library Staff Favorites of 2010 
• Beaufort County Library Staff Favorites of 2009 
• Beaufort County Library Staff Favorites of 2008
• Bluffton Branch Staff Picks - September 2008
• Bluffton Branch Staff Picks - October 2008
• Local Authors
• Mystery Favorites
• Page Turners by African-American Authors
• Self-Care and Relaxation

Local History Treasures brought to you by the Beaufort District Collection

• Battle of Port Royal, 1861
• Bluffton, SC
• Fort Lyttleton
• History of Hilton Head Island: A Bibliography
• Life and Legacy of Robert Smalls
• Local Notables: Important People in the History of Beaufort County
• Missionary Teachers to the Freedmen 
• Mitchelville
• Native Americans
• Penn Center
• Pirates of the Lowcountry
• Sea Island Hurricane of 1893: A Guide to Resources *NEW*
• Selective Materials on African-Americans and the Civil War 
• Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Other Resources

• Beaufort Branch's Book Club Blog
• Hilton Head Book Blog
• Online Book Clubs - receive a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book in your email each day
• Read This Book - a resource for Readers' Advisors
• Suggested reading on Local History Topics

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