Monday, June 30, 2008

FRL: Reader's Links

READER'S ADVISORY SITES

Novelist (call your library for your PIN)
NoveList is a comprehensive readers' advisory solution for fiction lovers. With its intuitive interface and extensive proprietary content, NoveList will help you to answer the question of what to read next.

New York Times Book Review

What’s Next?
This website provides bibliographies of series fiction books. The database allows searching by author, book title, or series title.

BookMovement
BookMovement allows book clubs to suggest good books and has reviews, private lists, discussion questions and author links.

Overbooked
A resource for ravenous readers, special efforts are made to alert readers to books that they may not become aware of via other book-related resources.

Fantastic Fiction
Bibliographies for over 30,000 authors. Information on over 350,000 books.

Teacher Book Wizard
A Scholastic site that searches the publisher’s archive by interest and grade, reading level, book type, topic/subject, genre/theme, reading motivation program, and language.  Also makes suggestions from a title on books of the same reading level.

JacketFlap
JacketFlap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for Children and Young Adults. The site is updated daily and members include published authors and illustrators, librarians, agents, editors, publicists, booksellers, publishers and fans.
while most online book stores proudly offer in excess of 2 million books, browsing and searching for a book without a title or author in mind is very difficult. We started YourNextRead to make discovering, buying and enjoying a book as simple as finding your next film or band.

What Should I Read Next?
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favorite books (more than 75,000 different titles so far, and more than a million reader recommendations) to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next.

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
has indexed more than 8,400 children’s titles, across 101 awards since 1997.  Users can search by books by selected age of reader, format, setting, historical period, setting, language, format, genre, multicultural connections, gender, author, title, publication year, or specific award.
WhichBook
A scale interface allows users to determine how happy, funny, optimistic, short, or sexy you’d like your next read to be. Or you may choose to use the character, plot, setting interface.

BOOK NETWORKING SITES

LibraryThing
Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things.
GoodReads
Get great book recommendations from people you know. Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read. Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.
Shelfari
Shelfari is a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers. Create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favorite books.

BOOKSTORES

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Borders


OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKSTORES

Abebooks

Alibris


AUTHOR AND BOOK INFORMATION

BookWeb
The American Booksellers Association site; all the latest book news


Book Wire
Publishers Weekly lists, reviews, and more


USA TODAY Best Selling Books List


GENRE INTEREST GROUPS

Horror

Horror Writer's Association

Feo Amante
News, reviews, comics, gallery, horror music, horror convention info, and fiction.


The Cabinet of Dr. Casey
Horror literature, movies, quotes, and blogs.



Science Fiction/Fantasy

The SF Site
dedicated to the best in science fiction and fantasy, in print, audio and other media. Includes our feature reviews, news, indexed links to the best SF sites on the World Wide Web, interviews with SF writers and artists, and much more.


SFFWorld
Contains reviews, games, blogs, news, and an art zone.


SFReader
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror book reviews, along with blogs, wiki, and chat.



Mystery

The Mystery Reader
the very latest views and news of mystery

Stop, You’re Killing Me!
A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. They list over 2,500 authors, both series and non-series.

MysteryNet
Original and interactive mysteries & resources.

The Thrilling Detective
Find reviews, new fiction,reader polls and more.

Mystery Scene Magazine
News magazine covering the mystery field, with many book reviews on-line.



Romance

Romance Reader
the very latest news and views of romance novels


Romance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America offers the reader suggestions and links to the best-selling authors and award-winning novels.

All About Romance
Reviews, discussion, and the history of romance.

Romantic Times
The Magazine for romantic fiction lovers with thousands of reviews, links, and a message board


Romance Reader at Heart
Features authors and book lists along with favorite romantic reads, all broken down by subgenre.


Westerns

Roundup: Western Writers of America Online Magazine

Western Authors
A directory of Western authors, with articles and reviews.

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