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Get great book suggestions via email! NextReads are monthly e-newsletters on different topics -- Armchair Travel, Fiction A to Z, Popular Culture, Romance, and many more! Check out the Author Read-alikes! If you've read everything by your favorite author, subscribe to these newsletters for more suggestions.

 

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.Authors on the web

Devoted to the big names in fiction, this website offers interviews, biographies, bibliographies, and points to the websites of best-selling authors.

 

BookSpot

This all-encompassing site includes book reviews, awards, criticisms, and genre listings. BookSpot also offers children’s book resources.

Dear Reader

An email book club. Each day, you’ll get a five-minute sample from a book. But the end of the week, you’ll have read two or three chapters. If it’s a book you want to finish, visit the library!

Fantastic Fiction

Access over 2000 bibliographies of the best science fiction, fantasy and horror authors. Searchable by author or title.

Literary resources on the Net

A comprehensive site, ranging from classical and Biblical literature through twentieth century literature, theatre and drama, literary theory, women's literature and feminism, ethnicities, and nationalities, and other national literatures.

 

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet, and includes categories such as, Works, Life and Times, and Criticism.

New York Times Book Review

Weekly reviews, bestseller lists, and yearly “best of” lists.

No flying, no tights for teens

Graphic novel reviews for teens.

Oprah’s Book Club

This site provides access to the many book lists associated with Oprah’s television show, magazine, book club and personal bookshelf.

 

Overbooked
Started in 1994, this is a massive collection of book-related information. The core of the site is the coverage of starred reviews – lists of titles that have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, or Kirkus.

Poisoned Pen

This website offers mystery readers links to author websites, mystery awards, new and bestseller title lists, as well as a wide variety of book reviews.

Romantic Times

Access to hundreds of reviews of a wide range of new romance titles. Author profiles, biographies, and photos are also featured.

So what do you fancy tonight?

A British site designed to help you match your mood to the perfect book.

TeenReads.com

Webrary
A treasure-trove of fiction resources from the Morton Grove (Ill.) Public Library. What should I read next?

This British site uses user favorites to make recommendations. When items are entered into the same favorites list, they become associated with each other. The more often particular items appear on different lists, the stronger that association becomes.