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September 3, 2010
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BOOK REVIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS

The following sites will provide you with information about books, authors, forthcoming titles, reviews, recommendations and more.

  • Book Reviews from Allreaders.com -- a book review search engine that allow users to search by any combination of over 2,000 literary criteria.
  • BookBrowser -- reviews from this website, which aims to"help readers and authors find each other."
  • Booklist -- an online version of the reviewing source published by the American Library Association.
  • BookPage -- the online version of a monthly general interest book review distributed nationwide by more than 2,000 bookstores and libraries.
  • Bookreporter -- reviews from this site for readers and writers.
  • Books and Authors.net -- reviews, interviews, author and literary links, and more.
  • Complete Review -- reviews, links to publishers' sites and other reviews, a weblog, a literary quarterly, and more.
  • Dear Reader -- register for one of the free book clubs on this site and receive part of a chapter of a book via e-mail each Monday through Friday.
  • Chicago Tribune: Books -- the internet edition of the Chicago Tribune.
  • Featured in the Media -- links to books reviewed on television, radio, newspapers and magazines.
  • Genrefluent -- "the world of genre fiction."
  • Gnooks -- "Get to know new authors and find out what other people like you like to read" by travelling "the map of literature" provided by this site.
  • If You Like... -- a reference guide to authors and genres.
  • The Mystery Reader -- book reviews for mystery and suspense novels.
  • The New York Review of Books -- online access to the print publication.
  • The New York Times: Books -- access reviews from the newspaper (subscription at no charge is required).
  • NoveList -- "your guide to fiction."
  • Overbooked: Reviews and Reading Lists -- links to reviews from literary arts magazines and book reviewing sources.
  • Reviews of Books -- a collection of full text reviews of current books from reputable sources.
  • The Romance Reader -- book reviews for romance novels.
  • Salon.com Book Reviews -- reviews from the online magazine.
  • USA Today: Books -- book news and reviews.
  • Whichbook.net --lets you select and rate the characteristics of books that most appeal to you including choices on plot, setting and characters; then presents a list of annotated titles as suggestions.
  • What's Next? -- from Kent District Library (Comstock Park, MI) a searchable database of series fiction that identifies titles in each series (Chapter Books, Horror, Juvenile, Inspirational, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction) and the order in which they appeared.
  • Word of Mouth (Sleepers) -- sorted by author, title, keyword and key phrase, this site offers recommendations of fiction "sleepers."

For further information, see also the Wilmette Public Library's links to Author Information and Literary Criticism.


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