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Created by Librarians, for Librarians
For more than 60 years, H.W. Wilson’s Core Collections have been a must-have collection development guide to the important new, as well as classic, fiction and nonfiction works librarians will want on their shelves for all types of libraries. Each Core Collection focuses on collection guidance for important reading levels and interests from children’s book recommendations to elementary as well as middle school, high school and young adult. And, of course, fiction and nonfiction titles for your adult collection.
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Children's Core Collection
The Children's Core Collection (27th edition, 2025) is a comprehensive guide to more than 10,250 recommended books for children from preschool through grade six. In two information-packed volumes, users will find bibliographic data, content descriptions, and reviews of highly recommended titles, including picture books and easy readers, story collections, fiction books, nonfiction books, biographies, and graphic novels.
Pub. Date: August 2025
Two Volumes | 2,195 pages
ISBN: 979-8-89179-336-1 | List Price: $240
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Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction
(20th edition, 2025) is designed for acquisitions librarians, reference librarians, and catalogers. It is a reliable guide to building and maintaining a well-rounded collection of the most highly recommended reference and nonfiction books for adults. This title covers more than 11,000 essential and recommended nonfiction titles as well as a selection of professional materials for librarians and library administrators.
Pub. Date: May 2025
Two Volumes | 2,500 pages
ISBN: 979-8-89179-060-5 | List Price: $420
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Young Adult Fiction Core Collection
Due to the massive popularity and high demand of the young adult fiction genre and the ever-increasing availability of new titles, librarians need more guidance than ever to select the best that YA fiction has to offer. Young Adult Fiction Core Collection (6th edition, 2025) highlights more than 3,000 essential recommended titles for young adult readers.
Pub. Date: July 2025
One Volume | 665 pages
ISBN: 979-8-89179-338-5 | List Price: $255
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Middle & Junior High Core Collection
The Middle & Junior High Core Collection (17th edition, 2025) is a librarian's go-to guide to the best fiction and nonfiction books for students in grades five to nine. This edition highlights more than 6,000 recommended books and resources available, many more than the previous edition. It also features "short list" indicators to highlight the "most highly recommended" works in a given category or subject area.
Pub. Date: November 2025
One Volume | 1,150 pages
ISBN: 979-8-89179-337-8 | List Price: $295
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Graphic Novels Core Collection
Graphic novels have become one of the most popular genres in the last twenty years. The Graphic Novels Core Collection (5th Edition, 2024) highlights more than 2,100 recommended fiction and nonfiction graphic novels, including content descriptions and quotes from select reviews. It is a must-have resource for library and media specialists who want to energize and strengthen their collection with the most important and highly recommended graphic novels available.
Pub. Date: December 2024
One Volume | 823 pages
ISBN: 978-1-63700-910-9 | List Price: $295
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Senior High Core Collection
Senior High Core Collection (24th edition, 2024) identifies all-important material available for high school libraries and young adult collections. This guide has more than 4,200 suggested fiction and nonfiction titles for adolescents and young adults, grades nine through twelve. Recommended titles cover relevant subjects like cultural diversity, careers, the arts, new technologies, and social issues.
Pub. Date: October 2024
One Volume | 982 pages
ISBN: 978-1-63700-909-3 | List Price: $295
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Fiction Core Collection
The Fiction Core Collection (22nd edition, 2024) is a comprehensive guide to more than 7,500 recommended classic and contemporary fiction works that have lasting value to readers, as well as new literary and genre titles. Entries include a helpful descriptive abstract and excerpts from review sources. Essential titles are identified. This core collection volume helps librarians and media specialists filter through the thousands of fiction titles published each year to pick high-quality choices for their patrons.
Pub. Date: August 2024
One Volume | 1,658 pages
ISBN: 978-1-63700-726-6 | List Price: $295
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Collection Development, Readers’ Advisory and Curriculum Support
Not only do the Core Collections serve as aids in the selection and ordering of titles, but also in curriculum support, collection maintenance, and professional development. They are necessary resources for library and media specialists who want to enhance and enrich their collection with the most important and recommended titles currently available.
In-Depth Indexing
Each title contains indexing by author to make locating titles by author or pseudonym quick and easy, along with highly detailed title, series, and subject indexing.
Unique Value
There is nothing quite like H.W. Wilson’s Core Collections. The accumulated expertise of our selectors and their unquestioned reputations make these collections invaluable. They are recognized universally as impartial and expert advisors in collection development that assist and reinforce the judgment of librarians everywhere. Inclusion in a Core Collection is strong support for any challenged purchase.
Thousands of Recommended Titles for Your Specific Collection
Each title highlights thousands of highly recommended books for each type of collection. Whether you’re collecting for a public library, a high school, a middle school, or an elementary school, Core Collections gives you immediate access to the best titles you and your patrons won’t want to miss. Easy-to-locate starred entries throughout the text and in the index highlight important works in a given category or subject area. The careful selection in each Core Collection makes it easy to find the best-of-the-best titles to consider adding to your collection, or to find titles that can be weeded out.
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