Literature Department Main Library Main Building 2nd Floor 325 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114 216.623.2881 Literature@cpl.org

With well over 500,000 volumes, the Literature Department's collection presents a wide spectrum of the world's classic and contemporary fiction, poetry, and plays. The collection features both popular and scholarly works in a variety of subjects including cinema, radio and television, drama and theatre, writing and journalism, humor and public speaking. The department's holdings include a significant collection of research materials pertaining to local theater as well as Cleveland area authors in all genres. The department also houses a growing collection of graphic novels and comics-related materials.

Subjects covered by the Literature Department are found in the Library of Congress classifications AC-AZ, P-PZ, and Z-ZA. These comprise the fields of:

The staff of the Literature Department will answer questions in any of these subject areas including usage and grammar, quotation verification, and celebrity information, as well as offering suggestions for further reading in genres such as Mystery, Romance, Urban Fiction, Science Fiction, and Westerns. The department also provides lists of New Large Print materials by mail. Feel free to contact the Department in-person, by phone at 216-623-2881, through e-mail at literature@cpl.org, or via the KnowItNow24x7 virtual reference service.