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LINC English Beginner

A guide for students in Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC).

Welcome to the LINC English Beginner Research Guide.

You can find information, books, and websites to help you learn.

Here are some eBooks you can read online! Go to your CLB level and choose a story.

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Horror / Thriller

Romance

Mystery

Fantasy

Science fiction

Adventure

Historical fiction

General fiction

fear, suspense

love, relationships

Crime, investigations

magical worlds

imagined societies, technologies

exciting journeys

history-based

diverse life experiences

eBooks for CLB 1

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Online Story books

Growing readers!

Targeted Phonics

37 Stories

Tar Heel Reader

Free Online Stories

First Class Phonics

Synthetic Phonics

Reading Planet - Pink A

Phonics in context

Sounds Like Reading

Reading-Phonetic method

eBooks for CLB 2

ESL Literacy Readers

Level A - B - C - D

Seven Teachings Stories

Seven Anishinaabe Teachings

The Moon Is a Silver Pond

Fiction

Reading Planet - Pink B

Phonics in context

Reading Planet - Pink C

Phonics in context

Romance Series

8 Stories

Humour Series

8 Stories

Volunteer Series

6 Stories

How-to Series

8 Stories

Health Series

4 Stories

Be the Judge Series

8 Stories

Animals Series

4 Stories

Soft Skills at Work Series

10 Stories

eBooks for CLB 3

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

LifeStories 1

General Fiction

Novel Scenes: In a Tight Spot

General Fiction

Novel Scenes: City Dreams

General Fiction

Photo Finish

Adventure - Crime

Sara Says No!

General Fiction

Shooting Stars

Adventure

Ski Race

General Fiction

L.A. Detective

Adventure - Crime

Moving in / Pack Up

life-skills topic & story

Community Services / a New Home

life-skills topic & story

Organizing for Success in School / Make the Grade

life-skills topic & story

Smart Grocery Shopping / Smart Shop

life-skills topic & story

Finding a Place to Live / a Place of Our Own

life-skills topic & story

Planning to Save / Something Big

life-skills topic & story

Doing Household Chores / Keep It Clean

life-skills topic & story

Finding and Keeping a Job / Ready to Work

life-skills topic & story

Starting at a New School / Fitting In

life-skills topic & story

Cooking Your Own Meals / Dinner Is Served

life-skills topic & story

The Heights series

Adventure - Fiction

River

Adventure

Swamp

Adventure - Suspence

Twister

Adventure

Sail

Adventure

Working for Myself Series

8 Stories

Activists Series

hoopla - 16 stories

Maple Leaf Series

hoopla - 6 stories

Entertainers Series

hoopla - 4 stories

Women Who Inspire Series

hoopla - 4 stories

eBooks for CLB 4

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventure

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventure

All Night

General Fiction

Anna and the Fighter

General Fiction

Area 51

Non-fiction

Botchan

General Fiction

Cricket Magazine

Stories 450L - 750L

Dangerous Journey

Adventure

ESL Literacy Readers

Level E - F -G

Good Wives

Romance

Little Women

Romance

The Long Tunnel

Adventure

Man in the Iron Mask

Adventure

Money for a Motorbike

Crime

New Year's Eve

General Fiction

Newspaper Boy

Mystery

Pathfinders Series

9 Stories

Picture This

Adventure

A Study in Scarlet

Mystery

Three Feathers

General fiction - crime

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 200L - 500L

Wildcat Run

Adventure

Embrace the Chicken

Fiction

Munro vs. the Coyote

Fiction

The Wherewood

Fantasy - Book 1

The Ooze

Science Fiction

Trapped

Adventure

Grave Message

Thriller - Fantasy

What Is Real

Fiction

Willpower

Science Fiction

The Overwood

Fantasy - Book 3

Alien Road

Science Fiction

B Negative

Fiction

Dreaming in Color

Fiction - Indigenous

One More Step

Fiction

Crime Club

Mystery

Sulfur Heart

Fiction - Crime

Murder at the Hotel Hopeless

Fiction - Mystery

Under the Stairs

Mystery

VCR from Beyond

Mystery - Science fiction

Cloud Warrior

Adventure

Blurred Reality

Adventure

Shady Neighbors

Mystery

Juba Good

Fiction - Crime

eBooks for CLB 5

Anna Sweet Mysteries

Mystery - 8 Stories

The Barrio Kings

Crime

Bed and Breakfast

Romance

The Black Cat

Mystery

The Break-In

Mystery

Case of the Cursed Chalet

Mystery

Chadwick Boseman

Biography

A Christmas Carol

General fiction

The Clear-Out

General fiction

Coyote's Song

General fiction

Cricket Magazine

illustrated stories 650L - 850L

Dawn Patrol

Mystery

Day the Rebels Came to Town

Adventure

Epic Game

General fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine

Stories 650L - 850L

Feminist Folktales from Around the World

General fiction - 4 books

Hamlet

General fiction

Jumped In

General fiction

LifeStories 2

General fiction

Listen!

General fiction

Lupita Nyong'o

Biography

Missing

History

Novel Scenes: Holding the Bag

General fiction

Once upon a Crime

Mystery

Orca Sports Series

General fiction - 12 stories

The Promise

General fiction

Shipwreck

Mystery

The Stranger

Mystery

Tales of Wonder

General fiction

The Way It Works

General Fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 300L - 700L

World on Either Side

Adventure

Sink or Swim

Adventure

He Who Dreams

Fiction

Kung Fu Master

Fiction

Plank's Law

Fiction

Blood on the Beach

Thriller

All Good Children

Science Fiction

Dancing in the Rain

Fiction

Set You Free

Mystery

Yo-Yo Prophet

Fiction

Baygirl

Fiction

Allegra

Fiction

The New Normal

Fiction

Elephant Mountains

Adventure - Thriller

Escape Velocity

Fiction - Adventure

Three Little Words

Fiction

A Thousand Shades of Blue

Fiction - Adventure

Res Judicata

Mystery

Out of Order

Fiction

Home Before Dark

Mystery

Stuffed

Fiction

Eight Times Up

Fiction

Book of Elsie

Fiction

Careful What You Wish For

Fiction - Fantasy

eBooks for CLB 6

And Everything Nice

Mystery

Battle Cry at Batoche

General fiction - history

Book of Trees

General fiction

The Breadwinner

General fiction

Catla and the Vikings

Adventure

Deadly Storms

Non-fiction

The Drop

General fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine

Stories 750L - 1050L

From Scratch

General fiction

In from the Cold

General fiction

Italian Cure

Romance - humour

Miracleville

General fiction

Nelson Mandela

Biography

The Next Sure Thing

Mystery

Orca Young Readers

Adventure - 5 Books

The Picture of Nobody

General fiction

Portrait of a Lady

General fiction

No Return Address

General fiction

The Reunion

General fiction

Robinson Crusoe

Adventure

Rooms with a View

General Fiction

The Second Wife

Crime

Secret Adversary

Mystery

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Treasure of Monte Cristo

Adventure - Mystery

Tribb's Troubles

General fiction

White Jade Tiger

Adventure

Yossi's Goal

General fiction

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1050L

90 Days of Different

Adventure

Sorry for Your Loss

Fiction

Hit the Ground Running

Adventure

Guardians of Porthaven

Science Fiction

Justice Project

Mystery

How Far We Go and How Fast

Fiction

Infinite Blue

Fantasy

Infiltrate

Thriller

Exposed

Thriller

Are You Seeing Me?

Adventure

Away Running

Fiction-Adventure

Death Benefits

Fiction

Middle of Everywhere

Fiction - Adventure

Sister Wife

Fiction

War of the Eagles

Historical Fiction

Caged Eagles

Historical Fiction

Before Wings

Fiction - Fantasy

Dream Where Losers Go

Fantasy

Winter Road

Fiction

Lost

Adventure - Mystery

Stolen

Mystery

Bones

Mystery

Taste of Rain

Historical Fiction

Weird Rules to Follow

Fiction - Indigenous

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Project Bollywood

Fiction

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe

Fiction - Romance

Temple Alley Summer

Fantasy - Mystery

When Dimple Met Rishi

Romance - Humour

eBooks for CLB 7

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

Indigenous Wisdom

Animal Dreams

Fiction

Best Girl

Mystery

Blank

General fiction

Canadian Fiction Magazine

Stories

Desert Legends Trilogy

General fiction - history

Dirty Work

Mystery

Enchanted April

Romance

Evil Behind That Door

Mystery

Fahrenheit 451

Science fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine

Stories 750L - 1050L

Goddaughter

Mystery

Hairdresser of Harare

General fiction - humour

Heidi

General fiction

Him Standing

Mystery

Juba!

hoopla - General Fiction

Just Gone

Mystery

Leaving Fletchville

General fiction

LifeStories 3

General fiction

Little Women

General fiction

Lost in the Backyard

Adventure - humour

Night Thief

Mystery

Not a Chance

General fiction

Queen of Death

Mystery

Scope Magazine

Stories

Secrets Boxed Set

General fiction - Mystery

Seven Series Collection

Adventure - Mystery

Short Stories

Story - interactive exercises

Something Noble

General fiction

Thérèse Raquin

Mystery

This Place I Call Home

General fiction - stories

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1200L

A Winter Kill

Mystery

Worst Date Ever

Romance - Humour

Sisters of the Wolf

Fantasy

Tara Trilogy 3-Book Bundle

Adventure-Fantasy

Third Act

Historical Fiction

Drawn Away

Fantasy

Whisper

Science Fiction

Redwing

Fantasy

Juggling Fire

Fiction - Adventure

Waiting for Sarah

Fiction - Romance

Hippie House

Mystery

Voice of the Valley

Fiction - Romance

Bonemender

Fantasy

Bonemender's Oath

Fantasy - Book 2

Bonemender's Choice

Fantasy - Book 3

Lit Report

Fiction

Unleashed

Thriller

Escalate

Thriller

American As Paneer Pie

Fiction

Frozen

Historical fiction

Alice, Shaken and Definitely Stirred

Romance - Humour

eBooks for CLB 8-9

Alif the Unseen

Science fiction

Animal Eco-Warriors

Non-fiction

Animal Farm

Classic fiction

Another Brooklyn

Fiction

Around the World in Eighty Days

Adventure

Bean Trees

Fiction

Call of the Wild

Adventure

Camp Nine

General fiction - History

Canadian Fiction Magazine

Stories

Cold Mountain

Fiction - history

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine

Stories 1000L - 1200L

Frankenstein

Science fiction

Generation Us

Non-fiction

Hidden Human Computers

Non-fiction

Mac in the City of Light

Fantasy fiction

Maclean's Magazine

Articles

Ortona Street Fight

Non-fiction - History

Precipice

General fiction

Prisoner of Zenda

Adventure

Refugee Boy

General fiction

Salmon Bears

Non-fiction

Sense and Sensibility

General fiction

Short Stories

Story & interactive exercises

A Tale of Two Cities

General fiction

The Time Machine

Adventure

Vanity Fair Magazine

Articles 750L - 1300L

Voice of the River

General fiction

Wooden Bicycle and Other Stories

General fiction

What World Is Left

Historical Fiction

Audacious

Fiction

The Lottery

Science Fiction

Warrior's Daughter

Fantasy

Raybearer

Fantasy

Those Who Run in the Sky

Fantasy - Inuit

Cold White Sun

Hoopla: Fiction - Ethiopia

Justice Trilogy

Fantasy - Science Fiction

Keyword Cypher #1

Mystery - Adventure

Finding Home

Non-fiction - Stories

Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss

Romance - Humour

Racing North

Adventure - Romance

Persephones Choice

Fiction - Romance

Print Books by CLB level

Here are some books you can borrow from the library! Click on the tab for your CLB level and choose a print book.

I'm a LINC or ESL student. How do I borrow easy reader books?
Logging in to your Library Account and Renewing Checkouts
A step by step guide that shows you how to log into your library/NEOS account to see what you have checked out and renew items.

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

Emergent Readers
Familiar images, word labels, direct picture-text match, and sight word vocabulary to help readers to develop phonemic awareness and phonic skills.

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Starter Books
Starter Level 1-3

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Beginner Books
Starter Level 4-6
ER Elementary Books
Series Level 1-2
Orca Echoes & Orca Currents Books
Beginner - Elementary
Non-fiction Science Books
Beginner - Elementary

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Elementary Books
Series Level 1-2
ER Pre-Intermediate Books
Series Level 3 - 4
Orca Sports & Orca Soundings Books
Elementary - Pre-intermediate Levels
Non-fiction Science Books
Elementary - Intermediate
Good Reads Books
Elementary - Intermediate

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Pre-Intermediate Books
Series Level 3 - 4
ER Intermediate Books
Series Level 5 -6
Orca Rapid Reads
Call Number: ER Series RAP REA, ER Series SEV SER
Pre-intermediate - Intermediate Levels
Non-fiction Science Books
Elementary - Intermediate
Good Reads Books
Elementary - Intermediate

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Intermediate Books
Series Level 5 -6
Orca Rapid Reads
Call Number: ER Series RAP REA, ER Series SEV SER
Pre-intermediate - Intermediate Levels
Good Reads Books
Elementary - Intermediate
Non-fiction Science Books
Intermediate - Advanced

Easy Reader Books from NorQuest College Library

ER Advanced Books
Call Number: ER Author
Levels Intermediate - Upper Intermediate

I'm a LINC or ESL student. How do I borrow easy reader books?
Logging in to your Library Account and Renewing Checkouts
A step by step guide that shows you how to log into your library/NEOS account to see what you have checked out and renew items.

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