Internet Sites for Fiction Lovers
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and Booklists | Reader's
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Useful Sites for Librarians
News and Reviews
Library Trade Journals:
Booklist Magazine: www.ala.org/booklist.html
A great place to find reviews of new books, plus many of their
wonderful lists of read-alikes, titles for teens and Editor's Choices.
Bookwire: www.bookwire.com
Links to Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and other
literature and book-related journals online, plus an extensive author
tour schedule.
Library Journal Digital: www.ljdigital.com/
Articles, reviews, prepub information, plus previews of upcoming
issues.
General Book News:
Bookpage: www.bookpage.com/
Lively reviews of dozens of new books, interviews, and information
on Oprah's book club. Now you can search the archives for the reviews
you've missed.
Los Angeles Times Books:
www.calendarlive.com/books/
Author interviews, reviews, bestseller excerpts, literature and
publishing stories, and more.
Locus: www.locusmag.com/
The venerable and award-winning journal of science fiction,
complete with interviews, selected reviews and recommended reading
lists.
The New York Times on the Web: Books: http://www.nytimes.com/books/home/
Free registration allows access to hundreds of full text reviews and book-related articles
dating back to 1980, including hundreds of first chapters of newly
reviewed books.
Romantic Times Online: www.romantictimes.com/
The trade journal of romance fiction, with over 100 reviews of new
books every week.
Sisters in Crime: www.sistersincrime.org/
The actual mystery magazine devoted to female authors isn't here
(maybe someday!), but the site does offer a mammoth list of authors
and their works.
The Washington Post: Books and Reading: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/print/bookworld/index.html
Bestseller lists, reviews, author signings and readings, and a
database of first chapters.
Publisher Newsletters
Book Group Guides
Genre Fiction Sites
Science Fiction and Fantasy
SFF Net: www.sff.net/sff/index.htp
Web sites, magazines and fanzines, agents and organizations,
newsgroups and bookstores on the Internet.
Internet Speculative Fiction Database: www.isfdb.org
Authors, awards, forthcoming books, and bibliographies - all in a
speedy and current package.
Romance
All About Romance: www.likesbooks.com/reviews.html
A uniquely interactive romance site, with reviews, cover
commentary, a Historical Cheat Sheet, contests and more.
Gothic Journal: www.gothicjournal.com
An electronic news and reviews magazine for lovers of romantic
suspense, full of new and recommended titles.
Romance Writers of America www.rwanational.org
Search by Author name, setting or time period, character name or
occupation in this database and get detailed information on the
resulting title list.
The Romance Reader: www.theromancereader.com
Forthcoming books, authors, and award winners.
Crime Fiction
ClueLass Home Page: www.cluelass.com
Much more than a virtual newsletter, this site brings you new
books, upcoming mystery related events, writers' networking, awards,
and reference sources for mystery writers and fans.
The Mystery Reader: www.themysteryreader.com
Terrific booklists keep you up to date on subgenres such as police
procedurals and cozies, and the author list puts you in touch with
your favorite authors.
The Poisoned Pen Home Page: www.poisonedpen.com/
A great source for recommended reading and new mystery links to
explore.
What's Left?
Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga:
http://www.koyagi.com/Libguide.html
A terrific introduction to this popular counterpart
to graphic novels; with recommended titles, Internet resources, and
books and articles on the subject.
Soon's Historical Fiction Site:
www.histfiction.net
Features selected archives from the newsgroup rec.arts.books.hist-fiction.
Look here for bibliographies of fiction focusing on Richard III,
Medieval Spain, Teutonic Knights and more.
Spur Awards: www.slco.lib.ut.us/spur.htm
The Salt Lake County Library System maintains a list of the Spur
Awards for best Western fiction and nonfiction, clear back to the
first awards given in 1954 by the Western Writers of America.
Bibliographies
and Booklists
Bestseller Lists 1900-1995: www.caderbooks.com/bestintro.html
Courtesy of Cader Books, this site collects the Publisher's
Weekly lists of bestselling hardcover books (fiction and
nonfiction) for the 20th century.
Bibliography Central: www.santaclaracountylib.org/teen/biblcent.html
Booklists written by and for teens, plus links to other
reading lists, a blog, etc.
Book Bytes: marylaine.com/bookbyte/index.html
Reviews of all kinds of fiction, plus articles, Internet
resources and more. The author is always adding titles to her
booklists, so keep checking back.
Genrefluent: www.genrefluent.com
Diana Herald reads a book a day and collects her brief, lively
reviews on this Web page. A great source for teen readers!
Literature, Arts and Medicine Database:
endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/index.html
Updated every two months, this collection of more than 800
popular and classic works includes a brief plot summary and
commentary on the author. Notable for their booklists of author by
ethnicity.
MatchBook: www.webrary.org/rs/matchbooksearch.html
Search a database of a years worth of acquisitions at
the Morton Grove Public Library to produce lists of new fiction,
nonfiction or AV materials.
Oprahlikes: www.noblenet.org/wakefield/zraoprah.htm
Oprah's original choices, and suggested titles for each one,
based on story line and reading appeal, from the Lucius Beebe
Memorial Library in Massachusetts.
Reading Rants: readingrants.org/
A dozen excellent annotated booklists for teens, written for
young adults, not librarians. Highly recommended!
What's Next: A Searchable Database of Novels in Series: ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp
What's the right order for the V. C. Andrews books? Visit this
up to date, searchable listing of series fiction for the answer.
Reader's
Advisory Pages
Focus: Fiction:
www.sanantonio.gov/library/fiction/
The San Antonio Public Library’s fiction page collects their
own reading lists, online book discussion groups, guides to
bestsellers and notable books, and more.
Overbooked: www.overbooked.org/index.html
Hungry, greedy, ravenous for books? Visit this cornucopia for
readers of every age and background.
Morton Grove Public Library Reader's Services: www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
Reading lists in dozens of categories, book discussion guides,
web sites, and of course, Fiction_L.
Young Adult Librarians' Help Homepage: yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us
Booktalking, links, organizations and programming strategies for
librarians working with young adults.
Booksellers
Online
Out of print and rare books:
ABAA Booknet: http://search.abaa.org/dbp2/searchform.php
Alibris: www.alibris.com/library
New books, audiobooks, videos, music and more:
Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/
Barnes and Noble: www.bn.com/
Borders on the Web: www.borders.com/
Library vendors
Baker & Taylor: www.btol.com
Ingram: www.ingrambook.com/
Useful
Sites for Librarians
AwardWeb: www.awardweb.info
Lists of award winners in genre fiction, from the prominent
trophies to the more obscure prizes.
Library Quotations: www.ifla.org/I/humour/author.htm
Part of IFLANET, this site will help you find just the right
words to promote libraries and librarianship.
Search the Library of Congress:
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#lc
A gateway to the entire catalog, the name authority file (great
for pseudonyms!), and other LC databases.
Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians: bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/webdocs.html
A current and accessible guide to creating library web pages,
from HTML tools to design considerations.
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