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General
Resources
BookPage Online
This monthly online version of the publication BookPage is devoted to serving
readers, libraries, booksellers, and publishers. It features up to 100 new book
reviews per month as well as author interviews and articles.
BookSpot
BookSpot simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web.
Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot editors and organized into
intuitive categories such as bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic
texts, book news, and more.
Bookweb
The American Booksellers Association represents independent bookstores
nationwide. The ABA web site has Book Sense Picks, which are monthly reading
recommendations from independent bookstores. It also provides lists of books to
be reviewed in national newspapers and on radio and television
January Magazine
This site features reviews of new fiction, non-fiction, children's books and
music, as well as interviews with authors.
Nancy Pearl’s Web Site
Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust and More Book Lust, is known for her book
reviews on National Public Radio. . Now you can go to her web site and read new
reviews each week.
Notable Books for Adults
Each year, the Notable Books Council, a division of the American Library
Association, selects 25 “very good, very readable, and at times very important”
fiction, nonfiction and poetry books. This website provides access to the
current year’s choices, including a brief synopsis of each title, as well as
archived lists dating back to 1993.
New
York Times
The New York Times Books section offers featured reviews from the paper and from
the New York Times Book Review magazine. It also gives you access to their
bestseller lists, columns by their knowledgeable staff, essays on reading and
writing, very active forums and a monthly book discussion group.
Overbooked
This site is a treasure trove for readers, because it provides access to a
multitude of book-related sites for adults, young adults, and children. Whether
you are looking for author information, reviews, e-books, reading lists, or
more, you will find them here. Of special note are the Authors, Featured, Hot
Picks, On the Fly, and Stars Lists sections.
DNA of
Literature
Assembled by the Paris Review this website is an archive of the journal's famous
interviews with world authors. They plan to eventually have all of their author
interviews available free of charge. Currently available are interviews from the
50's, 60's and 70's.
Identity Theory
This online journal has insightful, in-depth author interviews. It also contains
original fiction and nonfiction, excerpts from forthcoming books, and reviews.
The review section of the website, called Book Rate, provides brief, refreshing
commentaries.
Literary
Encyclopedia
The Literary Encyclopedia is a growing reference web site that offers a look at
the world of literature. The lives and works of many literary authors and other
prominent figures, such as philosophers and musicians, are profiled. The
profiles offer lists of the author’s works, their contemporaries and links to
other web sites of interest.
Literary Locales
The website offers readers an excellent visual aid connecting the setting of the
story with the novel. Sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State
University, Literary Locales includes virtual tours, maps and pictures from such
places as Steinbeck Country, the inspiration for Charles Perrault’s Sleeping
Beauty’s castle to the many knolls described in Richard Adam’s Watership Down.
Today in
Literature
This site spotlights literary events that occurred on that date in history. This
site also has a wealth of information about authors.
Bookmovement
This web site offers reading group guides for over 500 popular book club titles.
Novelist
Novelist includes over 100 discussion guides, with more added each month. Each
guide includes background and a plot summary, discussion questions (and some
possible answers), and a list of suggested further reading.
African American Literature
Book Club
This site features book reviews and discussions, author bios and interviews with
African American authors about their books.
Novello Press Book Club Resources
A list of discussion questions and book resources about Novello Press book
titles. Also includes information about upcoming author book signings, new
releases and ability to purchase books online.
Reading Group
Choices
The "Central Resource Book Groups" contains full-text reading discussion guides
for fiction and nonfiction from various publishers, as well as tips for starting
and running a book club. Also includes a thorough index to other guides
available on the web (click on Find a Guide.)
ReadingGroupGuides.com
This is a great place to gather ideas if you're interested in starting a reading
group, or if the group you're already in just needs some new ideas: Book
discussion guides, author bios, even recipes are included.