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Links for Book lovers
(Works from home and library internet-only stations)
Bestseller/Award Lists
Best Sellers - From 1900 to 1990s, this site covers both fiction and nonfiction (from 1912).
Library Journal Pre-pub Alert - Provides a list of upcoming publications.
New York Times Best Seller List - NYT Book Review also available.
Publishers Weekly Best Seller List - a most up-to-date compilation of new materials.
Booklists
Waterboro Public Library Book Lists and Bibliographies - Subject-oriented fiction lists ranging from Adventure/Military Fiction to Women in Literature/Feminist Literature. Also includes lists for children and young adults.
Booksellers
Amazon Bookstore - The "earths biggest bookstore."
Amazon Bookstore - Text only version.
American Booksellers Association - This site contains information on over 4,500 independent bookstores in the U.S..
Barnes and Noble Booksellers - To find books in print, out of print, used and new book pricings,descriptive info on the book content....widely used book hunt source.
Children's Books
Children's Literature Web Guide
Juvenile Series and Sequels - The Juvenile Series and Sequels database currently contains over 16,500 books in series titles that are classified by audience: young adult (high school), juvenile (grade school), and juvenile easy.
Especially For Book Discussion Groups
Readerville - Online book club and resource for readers, including literary news, discussion groups, and upcoming events. Registration (free) required to post messages.
Reading Group Choices - Based on the popular book with the same title, this site contains book discussion guides for a
wide range of titles and tips for leading a successful book discussion group.
ReadingGroupGuides.com - Includes advice for book discussion group leaders, a wide ranges of guides either subdivided
by type of book, author or title. Also contains recipes for your book group meetings.
Wuthering Bites - Book reviews and recommendations for book discussion groups. Plus recipes and menus inspired by literature.
General Fiction Web Sites
AllReaders.com - Allreaders.com features detailed book reviews from all genres as well as presenting featured authors and the latest book reviews of your favorite books.
Author Bibliographies - A commerical site with bibliographies for 5000 authors as well as author pseudonymns.
Banned Books Week - Developed by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, this web site
celebrates our freedom to read and highlights books that have been frequently challenged along
with related background information.
Biblio - Search for Out-of-Print Books - Over 10 million used, rare, and out-of-print books from independent booksellers worldwide.
Bibliomania - Bibliomania has more than 2000 free texts, study guides and reference resources.
BiblioTravel - BiblioTravel is a free online resource for identifying books set in distinct locales.
Book Spot - This site contains anything you every wanted to know about books.
BookBrowse - A literary smorgasbord of the best current books. Includes excerpts from current fiction and
non-fiction titles for adults and teens. Also has a list of resources for book clubs.
Booklist Homepage - This is the site for the American Library Association's "Booklist Magazine". It includes reviews of recently released titles and best book lists.
Booknotes - Here you'll find information on C-Span featured authors/books
Bookreporter.com - Includes over 600 reading club guides, features, author biographies, author yellow pages,
literary games and contests.
Bookwire - BookWire" is a comprehensive online portal into the book industry providing articles on the latest industry news, access to literary journals and reviews, and an expansive directory of book sites around the world. -- SW
Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia - This site gives a feminist perspective on science fiction and fantasy, from both a reasearch and a fan point of view. It is also a a home for 2 feminist sf listserves. The site is literature-oriented although other formats may be included (movies, TV, comics, etc.).
FictionDB - Online database for genre fiction bibliographies, pseudonyms, upcoming releases and links to author websites.
FictionFinder - FictionFinder allows you to search by place (ex: New Orleans), by character (Nancy Drew), as well as by title, setting, or plot summary. When you find an item you are interested in, you can then learn whether your library has it.
Free Book Notes - Here you can find summaries and analysis for over 250 literary classics
Genrefluent - Genrefluent is the official web site of author, editor, reviewer, reader, and librarian Diana Tixier Herald. It is a place to find out about new books for adults and teens who read for the fun of it.
Library Journal - PrePub Alert - - Provides a list of upcoming publications.
LibraryThing's UnSuggester - Unsuggester takes "people who like this also like that" and turns it upside down. It analyzes the fifteen million books LibraryThing members have recorded as owned or read, and comes back with books LEAST likely to share a library with the book you suggest.
Literary Criticism - The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Minnesota Author Biographies Project - The Minnesota Author Biographies Project is the product of a collaboration between the Minesota Historical Society, Metronet, and the Minnesota Center for the Book. This pilot database provides biographical sketches of 36 past and present Minnesota authors, complete with selected bibliographies and sources of additional information about the author.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts - The mission of Minnesota Center for Book Arts is to engage diverse artists and learners in finding creativity, expression, and inspiration through the book arts.
Minnesota Center for the Book - This organization hosts the Minnesota Book Awards. See the nominees and winners at this site.
Minnesota Readers - Minnesota Public Radio wants to know what you're reading! Share reviews, tips, and your literary pursuits here. All readers are invited to the Minnesota Public Radio Reader's group. We'll talk about local work, the larger lit scene, and see if we identify a geography of literary taste.
Music Books Plus - Music Books Plus your best source for music & audio books, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, software and sheetmusic. We offer over 6,000 titles on the areas of: Music Business, Instrument Instruction, Audio & Video Production, Recording, Lighting, Sheet Music, Biographies, Songbooks and much more.
Novelist - This subscription database contains information about over 100,000 titles for book lovers of all
ages. Search by author, title, subject and find detailed descriptions, reviews, and the ability to
search for similar titles.
On-Line Literary Resources - This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and is limited to collections of information useful to academics -- I've excluded most poetry journals, for instance.
Overbooked - This resource is a product of a non-profit volunteer project originating out of the Chesterfield
County (VA) Public Library's Collection Management Department. This projects specifically
designed to provide access to all kinds of book-related information and focuses on titles that
may included in other book-related resources.
REIDERS Online Romance Reading Clubs - FREE Romance reading selections in your email daily! Subscribe today!
Search Ebooks - Search the full text of thousands of online books.
So What Do You Fancy Tonight? - A website produced by the East Midlands Libraries (Great Britain) to promote books and reading to twenty-somethings.
T.J. Colton Online Novel - An online novel where the reader can have imput on where the story will go.
Utne Book Club - The online community Café Utne will host monthly discussions of rich, compelling works that might not make it to the bestseller lists. Each discussion features someone from the Utne staff who recommends the book.
Webrary: Readers Services - Includes recommendations, reviews, award winners, author interviews, the Fiction_L mailing list, Web sites, and more from the Morton Grove Public Library.
Western Writers of America - Western Writers of America, Inc., was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the western field. Their website has author and publisher contact information, Spur Award winner lists, and convention information.
What's Next? - "What's Next" helps you search adult fiction in series. A "series" is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.
Who Reads What? - Ever wonder what your favorite celebrity is reading? Check out this database of over 15 years of annual celebrity reading lists.
Inspirational Fiction
Tyndale House Publishers - Tyndale House Publishers is one of the leading publishers of Inspirational fiction. With their site you can visit authors websites, read book reviews, search the Tyndale Publishers catalog, and purchase Tyndale products online.--BB
Mystery
ClueLass - The "bloodstained Bookshelf" has a great list of current and forthcoming titles arranges by
month. Links to mystery author web pages, mystery award winners, mystery related events
and much more.
Mystery Book Club - This is an online book club where we read and discuss murder mystery novels and well as have contests guessing "whodunit", parties, and more. All Free!
Mystery Booksellers - The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association sponsors this site and includes current and
archived bestseller lists and the IMBA's top 100 mystery books of the century.
Mystery Ink - This "booklover's guide to mysteries and thrillers" features
book reviews, author interviews, and related reference
materials. Searchable, or browse by genre (mystery, suspense
and thrillers, and crime and noir). Also includes award and
top-10 lists, a "books into movies" section, and links to
author Web sites.
Mystery Writers of America - The Mystery Writers of America is the leading association for professional crime writers in the United States. MWA presents the Edgar® Awards and provides information for mystery writers.
Stop You're Killing Me - A site to die for if you are a mystery reader. Extensive series character list, author list, and
highlights of new titles in this genre.
Stop, You're Killing Me! - This site is a resource for the lovers of mystery, intrigue and suspense books. Stop! has hundreds of authors, with complete, chronological lists of their books in this sub-genre.
The Mystery Reader - Sister site to "the Romance Reader" includes regularly updated subgenera lists, news and
other resources for mystery readers. Reviews also include a rating system similar to those
given for movies.
Out of Print Book Sources
ABE Books - This Advanced Book Exchange helps locate out-of-print books.
Alibris - Here Similar to ABE Books, this site can help you locate out of print books.
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
Book Finder - This site locates out-of-print, hard to find books.
Poetry
Modern American Poetry - MAPS provides a single clearinghouse for some of the best criticism on the best poets of our time.--BB
Romance
All About Romance - Like the title says - authors, titles, awards, contests, reviews, message boards, discussion lists
and more. The special titles listing includes some genera subdivision lists.
Minnesota's Facts, Forum & Links for Readers of Romance - Provides an Minnesota connection for romance readers. Includes information on authors,
author related events, and a list of new romance titles with a Minnesota setting. Only drawback
is that this site is slow to load.
Mystery Book Club - Do you love reading murder mysteries? Join our free book club where we read and discuss murder mystery novels in an online forum setting. We also have mystery cyber parties, contests, film screenings, and more.
Romance Author Yellow Pages - Specialized, online directory of published romance authors.
Romance Writers of America - Sponsored by Romance Writers of America, a professional association of 8,600 published and aspiring romance writers, this website has links to romance author information, lists of RWA winners, and tips for aspiring romance writers.
Romantic Times BOOKclub - Produced in conjunction with Romantic Times BOOKclub magazine, this site has a searchable database of authors (and pseudonyms) and romance titles, in addition to feature articles and Romance convention information.
The Romance Reader - The latest news and views of romance novels, including thousands of book reviews, features, author interviews, and more.
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Locus Online - A good place to start seaerching for science fiction and fantasy information on the Web. Covers fiction, as well as movies, television, and comics. Includes review sites, publishing and entertainment news, plus a compilation of contemporary author Web sites.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines on Yahoo - Most comprehensive electronic listing of magazines, journals, and zines in this genre.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America -
Science Fiction Resource Guide - An extensive directory of SF sites including art and artists; authors; awards; chat channels; comics, animation, and anthropomorphics; conventions; costuming; magazines and e-zines; fandom; movies; music; radio and television; reviews and criticism; gaming; and more.
A very useful and long-term web resource.
SCI-FI Web Guide - Brought to you by the Sci-Fi channel, includes a wide range of resources about every thing
science fiction - books, fanzines, television, movies and more.
SF Site - Highlights the editors choice for the best in science fiction and fantasy for both print and media.
Includes feature reviews, awards, news, indexed links related web sites, and interviews with SF
writers and artists.
Uchronia - Devoted to the sub-genre of alternate history sf. Includes articles about this sub-genera, series
lists, and author index. Has a military focus.
Teen Fiction
See also the library Teen Page
Guys Read: A Literary Initiative for Boys - Guys Read is a literacy program designed to help boys become better readers, better students, and better guys by connecting them with books they will want to read.
Includes lists of Favorite Books for Guys, tips on how to encourage reading, and information on how gender effects reading development.
Reading Rants! - Out of the ordinary teen booklists, such as:
"The Bare Bones: Honest Fiction about Weight and Eating Disorders,"
"Deadheads and Mosh-pits: Books about being in a band,"
"Great Graphic Reads for Teens," and
"Virgin Run: Books about falling in love and first times for teens."
Seemore Book Lists - This index was compiled from the many YA-related web pages created by librarians, educators and others serving young adults. I hope it is useful to you. LD
Teen Book Lists - This list of teen fiction for Mid-Continent Public Library is a great resource for book lists from Young Adult Classics to Skinny and Quick Reads. LD
Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels -
The Classics
Bartleby's - This archive includes the classics of literature, non-fiction and poety on the internet.
Charles Dickens Page - When you want to find all the Dickens' works!
Project Gutenberg - Similar to Barelby's this site contains the text of thousands of older books.
What Do I Read Next?
If You Like... - The If You Like database links readers to fiction books they might enjoy. You may use the file in either of two ways: to search by keyword, enter an author's name or a theme (for example, "horror"), or you may browse a complete list of the If You Like... subject categories.
whichbook.net - Whichbook gives readers an enjoyable way to find books to match their mood. You can either choose types of characters, plots, or settings; or select from sliding scales of moods (happy/sad, optimistic/bleak, no sex/sex).
Last updated: 7/31/07