Internet Book Lists and Resources for Readers

Booklists
Genre Guides
Reviews and Literary Criticism
Book Discussion Guides

Booklists

• Jackson County Library Services "Bookmarks"
  Booklists by genre - www.jcls.org/bookmarks.html
• Jackson County Library Services' Brown Bag Titles
  What JCLS employees are reading - ww.jcls.org/bbbd.html
• Bookbrowser
  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookbrowser/Welcome.asp?
  
• What's Next: A List of Adult Fiction in Series
  Go to Reading Lists for series by genre; If you like...
• Fiction_L Archives
  www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html

Genre Guides

• Genreflecting
  www.genreflecting.com
  Links to sites representing all genres.
• Fantasy Finder
  www.hoh.se/fantasyfinder/fantlink.html
• Locus
  www.locusmag.com/
  Science fiction reviews, interviews and reading lists.
• Mystery Reader
  www.themysteryreader.com
• Romantic Times Online
  www.romantictimes.com/
• SciFan -
  http://www.scifan.com
• Western Writers of America Spur Awards
  www.slco.lib.ut.us/spur.htm
• Bridget Jones-alikes
  For fans of "Brit Chick Lit" and Bridget Jones's Diary
• Rated "G" for "Good"
  Books without explicit language, sex, or violence
• Action and Espionage Writers
  Authors whose spy thrillers will keep you on the edge of your seat

Reviews and Literary Criticism

• Internet Public Library's Literary Criticism
  www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
• Library Journal Digital
  www.libraryjournal.com/articles/books/hotpicks/hotpicksindex.asp
• New York Times Book Reviews
  You will need to register the first time you visit; access to over 50,000 full-text reviews from 1989 to the present.
  www.nytimes.com/books/home/
• New York Review of Books
  www.nybooks.com/nyrev/

Book Discussion Guides

Many publishers provide online discussion titles to accompany their books. For a comprehensive list of publisher's web pages, go to Yahoo. A few specific sites are identified below.

• Reading Group Guides
  www.readinggroupguides.com/content/index.asp
• Book Clubs Resource
  www.book-clubs-resource.com/guides/
• Bantam, Broadway, Dell, & Doubleday Reading Group Corner
  www.randomhouse.com/resources/bookgroup
• HarperCollins Reader's Guides
  www.harpercollins.com/hc/readers/index.asp
• Penguin Putnam Club
  www.penguinputnam.com
• Random House's Books@ Random Library
  www.randomhouse.com/library/rgg.html
  (includes Vintage Books, Ballantine, Bantam, Broadway, Dell and Doubleday)
• SimonSays.com Reading Groups
  www.simonsays.com/reading/guides/
  (Simon & Schuster)

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