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Fiction Department

Fiction Department, upstairs by Science Fiction and Fantasy sign
virtual tour
The Fiction Department is on the first floor of the Central Library at 400 Cathedral Street.  After entering the building, turn right.  When you reach the Social Science and History Department, turn right again and you will see the entrance to the Fiction Department.

Introduction

The Fiction Department contains the adult fiction collection in English and foreign languages.   The collection of over 250,000 volumes includes bestsellers, recent fiction, mystery and suspense, science fiction and fantasy, romance, horror, westerns, short stories, historical fiction, and international fiction.  The department also includes the collection of books in large print, which contains both fiction and non-fiction.

Staff Picks

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The London Train

Tessa Hadley

In half of this novel, Paul abandons his family to live with a daughter from a prior marriage. In the other half, Cora escapes from her husband to her childhood home.

The Sisters Brothers

Patrick deWitt

  In this darkly funny genre-bender set during the California Gold Rush, two hired-assassin brothers set out to kill a gold prospector and find their plans changed.

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

In 1930s New York, life gets exciting for working-girl friends Katey and Eve after they befriend a seemingly wealthy, upper-class socialite named Tinker.

More Staff Picks 

Special Resources


Large Print - a video tutorial on finding large print books in the library catalog

Foreign Fiction - a listing of the foreign languages included in the Pratt's fiction collection

Subject Guides


Got To Be Read: Discover Good Books by African American Authors Using the Web 

If I Could Save Time in a Novel: A Guide for Historical Fiction Lovers 

Click Now to Find Your Next Good Read! 

"Will You Step into My Parlor?": A Guide for Horror Lovers 
 

 

Hours

Mon:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Tue:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Wed:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thu:10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fri:10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sat:10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sun:1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday hours apply October - May
Holiday closings schedule

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Fiction Department
Central Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

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