Web Links for Booklovers

An excellent source of book reviews, best sellers and book awards is the Manchester Public Library's online catalog accessed through the Library's Homepage.


Looking for information on your favorite author or for suggestions for new titles to match your reading interests? Lists of bestsellers, book awards, reading lists, news and reviews, and connections with booksellers and other readers are all on the Web.

 

BookBrowser: a guide for avid readers - (http://www.bookbrowser.com/) Provides extensive collection of reading lists for readers of genre fiction.

BookWire - (http://www.bookwire.com/) includes Publishers Weekly Bestseller lists and links to many book awards, reviews, booksellers on the Web, author tours and book events.

Connecticut Digital Library (IConn) - (http:www.iconn.org) Click on the House icon (access from home). Enter your Connecticut library card barcode; then select :What do I Read Next?" under the pink heading "Reading." This is an excellect site provided to library patrons for genre fiction, reading lists, award winners and best sellers. The site also provides summaries of books and a way for users to customize searches and find books of interest.

Genreflecting - (http://www.genrefluent.com.) Developed by Diana Tixier Herald, the author of Genreflecting: a Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction, (available at the Manchester Public Library), this site offers many reading suggestions for those who enjoy genre fiction such as romance, western, mystery and more. Click on the Books of the Week section for Ms. Herald's recommended reading reviews.

Great Writers - (http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html) Links to: Major literary prizes winners, home pages of literary writers and biographical and critical information.

Librarians' Index to the Internet - (http://lii.org) Choose the Literature link in Arts, Crafts and Humanities to explore the world of books.

Literature at Yahoo - (http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/)

Morton Grove Public Library Reader's Services -(http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html) Extensive reader's advisory service includes many reading suggestions, bibliographies, a Match a Book service, tips on how to use the internet and many links to internet resources.

Multnomah County Library Readers' Connection - (http://www.multcolib.org/books/index.html) Helpful site includes connections to book discussion groups, booklists (including "if you like" reading lists, electronic resources

The Mysterious Home Page -(http://www.cluelass.com/MystHome/index.html) Links to fan favorites, general websites for mystery lovers, mystery author websites, publishers and booksellers, events and awards.


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