Find A Book

Finding a Book

The Bret Harte Library is sorted into two major categories: Fiction and Nonfiction.
Learn more about how to browse these sections by clicking the headers below.

We also have Graphic Novels, Manga, books in World Languages, and limited selection of Audiobook Playaways and Large Print Books (more of these items available on Sora).

Board Games are available to play in the library during lunch and after school.

Fiction

Our collection of fiction is now sorted into three different categories.
Within each section, books are sorted alphabetically by the author's last name.

Realistic Fiction: Stories that feel like they could actually happen, in a believable setting.

Fantasy & Sci-Fi: Fantasy stories have magical elements or are set in a magical world.
Sci-Fi stories are stories impacted by science and technology.

Thrills & Chills: Fast-Paced stories that are suspenseful, with dark elements, and stories that involve paranormal or supernatural elements.

Looking for something even more specific? Check the spine for these labels!

Nonfiction

Nonfiction books are sorted by Dewey Decimal Number, then alphabetically by author's last name.

Biographies are in their own section, and are sorted alphabetically by the subject's last name.

Search the Bret Harte Catalog Online!

Looking for a book? Search the Bret Harte Catalog online!

Select Bret Harte from the Menu of Middle-High Schools on the left.
Select Catalog from the tabs at the top
Search!

Can't find what you want at Bret Harte? Watch the tutorial and search the Oakland Public Library Catalog here!

OPL Catalog Search V2 .mov

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