Links for Book Lovers

Book Browse
Bookbrowse.com
Offers hundreds of search tools, reading guides, author interviews and book club advice. Many features are free, others require membership.

Book Page
Bookpage.com
Reviews up to 100 new books every month. Focuses on best sellers as well as new discoveries. Search archives for reviews and author interviews.

Book Spot
Bookspot.com
A one-stop site for almost any book information you need. Featured sites include award winners, review journals, genres, reviews, electronic texts and more.

New York Times Book Review
Nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html
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.

Over Booked
Overbooked.org
Provides ravenous readers timely information on literary and genre fiction as well as non-fiction. Contains annotated lists of books that received starred reviews as well as themed book lists and an “If you liked . . . “ reading lists/reviews.

Nancy Pearl
Nancypearl.com
Nancy Pearl, author of Book Lust and More Book Lust, reviews new picks each week. Nancy is known for her book reviews on National Public Radio.

Notable Books for Adults
ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/rusanotable/thelists/notablebooks.htm
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.

Reading Group Guides
Readinggroupguides.com
A great place to get ideas for your book club or join in an online book club.

The Romance Reader
Theromancereader.com
Provides thousands of reviews of romance novels divided by category. The reviews include ratings such as PG, PG-13 and R so you know how steamy it gets! Includes a “Readers Helping Readers” page.

Stop Your’re Killing Me!
Stopyourekillingme.com
A resource for the lovers of mystery, intrigue, and suspense books.  Has hundreds of authors, with complete, chronological lists of their books. Readers can search by author or character. 

The Sci-Fi Site
Scifisite.com
“The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy” Reviews, interviews, awards, science news, links to SF magazines, blogs and more

Comics Worth Reading
Comicsworthreading.com
A great place to go to read reviews of comics and graphic novels or to see previews of new comics. Reviews are divided into sub-genres of comics like Manga, DC Comics and Marvel Comics. There is also a list of recommended comics and soon-to-be-released titles.

Historical Novel Society
Historicalnovelsociety.org
For fans of historical fiction, this site offers discussion groups and lists of forthcoming books. Readers may subscribe to a review magazine for a charge, but there is a free subscription to an online newsletter.

Western Writers of America
Westernwriters.org
Features reviews in Roundup magazine, the online publication of Western Writers of America. Lists the winners of the Spur Awards, the award for outstanding writing about the American West established by WWA, going back to 1953. Provides information about conferences and other news in the genre of western writing.

Horror Writers Association
Horror.org

Get the first chapter of a new horror novel in your e-mail every week when you sign up for the horror preview club! Also read about new releases, past and current winners of the Bram Stoker Award, and the best horror of all time.

Fantasy Finder
Fantasyfinder.org
Find reviews of fantasy fiction, “best” lists, eternal classics and discussion groups.

Crime Thru Time
Crimethrutime.com
Dedicated to historical mysteries, this site offers information about upcoming releases, series/author book lists, timelines, and links of interest.

The Nobel Prize
Nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature
Read biographies, articles essays and other information about winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the award that honors all areas of literature and authors of all cultures and backgrounds.

The National Book Award
Nationalbook.org
Recognizes books of exceptional merit by American authors. Lists winners of the award since 1950.

The PenFaulkner Award
Penfaulkner.org
A national prize given for the best work of fiction by an American author. Originated in 1980.

Updated 7/06