• Inspirational
• Mystery
• Romance
• Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror

1. Based on the Book (over 1,000 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures)
2. Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries - Fiction
3. Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries - Nonfiction
4. BookTV.org (website for C-SPAN2's Book TV program; incl. schedules)
5. Fantastic Fiction (provides bibliographies for over 10,000 authors and information on over 200,000 books)
6. Fiction_L Booklists (genre, character, setting, subject, author, audience, best of, etc.)
7. Literature Network- searchable online literature (over 8500 quotes!)
8. Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes (Guide on how to find a novel, short story, or poem without knowing its title or author - from The Library of Congress)
9. National Book Month
10. New York Public Library Digital Gallery (over 275,000 digitized images of maps, photos, books, manuscripts, etc.)
11. Reading is Fundamental (free books for kids; literacy programs)
12. Reading is Fundamental (Spanish-language version) - free books for kids; literacy programs
13. Who Reads What? (Favorite Books of Celebrities in All Fields)

Authors

1. African-American Authors
2. Author Sites (official home pages, publishers' sites, fan pages, interviews, etc.)
3. Author Yellow Pages (searchable directory of author, publisher, newsletter websites)
4. Bill Thompson's Eye On Books (author interviews, book summaries, authors on the art of writing)
5. Book Browse.com (how to find or start a book club; free reading guides, excerpts, reviews, etc.)
6. BookSpot.com (authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, reviews)
7. Brief Chronology of African American Literature
8. Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators
9. Internet Resources for Writers (writing tips, reference sources, markets, newsgroups, getting published, etc.)
10. Literary Traveler (articles on authors and the locations that influenced their lives and works)
11. Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet (annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources)
12. National Novel Writing Month (annual novel writing project; participants write a 50,000-word novel in a month)
13. Oxford Shakespeare (1914 Oxford edition - includes the 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse)
14. Pikes Peak Writers Conference
15. Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures (from the Library of Congress)
16. Shakespeare Online (plays, poems, essays, analysis, plots, a glossary, and more!)
17. Teen Reads (author interviews, book reviews)
18. Wired for Books - Author Interviews by Don Swaim

Awards

1. Book Awards
2. BookSpot.com (authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, reviews)
3. Pulitzer Prizes (incl. resources, history of winners and finalists, archive, and forms)

Banned / Challenged / Censored

1. Banned Books Online
2. Banned Books Week
3. Book Burning (200 BC - 21st Century)
4. Frequently Challenged Books (includes most frequently challenged books and authors of 2008, as well as statistics from past years)

Bestsellers

1. Adult New York Times Best Seller Listings
2. All-Time Bestselling Children's Books (from Publishers Weekly)
3. Bestseller Lists 1900 - 1995 (year-by-year; fiction and nonfiction)
4. Book Browse.com (how to find or start a book club; free reading guides, excerpts, reviews, etc.)

Book Clubs / Reading Groups

1. Book Browse.com (how to find or start a book club; free reading guides, excerpts, reviews, etc.)
2. Book Club Collection from PPLD (books available for book clubs - from Pikes Peak Library District )
3. Book Discussion Groups at PPLD (Pikes Peak Library District)
4. Book-Clubs-Resource.com (guides to starting and running a book club, lists of online book clubs, reading group guides)
5. BookCrossing (global "book club" that leaves books for others to find)
6. Modern Library's Reading Group Guides
7. Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Community - book club tips, book reviews and recommendations from nationally known librarian featured on NPR
8. Oprah's Book Club
9. Readers Club (book club links, book reviews)
10. Reading Group Guides

Booksellers

1. Amazon.com
2. BarnesAndNoble.com
3. Bookwire -
4. MemoWare - Free and For-Fee Ebooks (over 18,000 free PDA Ebooks)

Booktalks

1. Bilingual Booktalks About Spanish-Language Titles and English-Language Titles of Latino Interest
2. Booktalking Colorado (from the Pikes Peak Library District -- tips and talks)
3. BookTalks (Librarians @ Random)
4. Booktalks -- Quick and Simple (book talks by author, title, subject, interest level)

Classics / Best Books

1. 100 Best Nonfiction Books (from Modern Library)
2. 100 Best Non-fiction Books of the (20th) Century ( from National Review)
3. 100 Best Novels (from Modern Library)
4. 100 Great 20th Century Works of Fiction by Women
5. 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
6. Best Books for Young Adults (1994-2008, from YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Assn.)
7. Booklist Center (lists of award-winning and recommended books by category)
8. Outstanding Books for the College Bound (History, Humanities, Literature, Science/Technology, Social Sciences)
9. Ultimate Reading List - Classics That Endure (literary classics)

Cliffs Notes Look-Alikes

1. Cliffs Notes (literature notes online)
2. GradeSaver - ClassicNotes (similar to CliffsNotes)
3. Novel Guide - "Literary Analysis Starts Here"
4. SparkNotes (similar to Cliffs Notes)

Comic Books / Graphic Novels / Manga

1. Comic Book Awards Almanac
2. Comic Book Database
3. Comic Book Resources
4. Comic Books for Young Adults
5. Comic Books: Internet Resources
6. Comics Journal (news, interviews, reviews, essays from an arts-first perspective)
7. Diamond Bookshelf; Graphic Novels, Comic Books and More for Your School
8. Graphic Novels Guide (from Internet Public Library - includes history, basics, information on Japanese comics, information in schools and libraries, webcomics, and other resources)
9. Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga
10. No Flying No Tights; a Website Reviewing Graphic Novels for Teens
11. Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
12. Sidekicks: a Website Reviewing Graphic Novels for Kids
13. The Lair: a Website Reviewing Graphic Novels (for Adults and Teens)

eBooks

1. Free eBook Library for the Microsoft Reader and Palm (from University of Virginia)
2. Free eBooks for your PDA (includes over 10,000 books; various formats)
3. International Children's Digital Library (read over 700 free children's books online)
4. Many Books.net (free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, or eBook reader)
5. MemoWare - Free and For-Fee Ebooks (over 18,000 free PDA Ebooks)
6. Pikes Peak Library District eBranch
7. Project Gutenberg - Online Book Catalog (over 16,000 free electronic books)
8. Read Print - thousands of free online books
9. Search e-Books (search full-text of thousands of books available online)

Full Text

1. Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (American + English Literature, Western Philosophy by author, title, date)
2. Bartleby.com (full-text fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reference works)
3. Bibliomania (full-text fiction)
4. Classic Reader (full-text fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, short stories, children's books)
5. Electronic Text Archives and Plays Online (free full-text versions of plays)
6. Free eBook Library for the Microsoft Reader and Palm (from University of Virginia)
7. Free eBooks for your PDA (includes over 10,000 books; various formats)
8. International Children's Digital Library (read over 700 free children's books online)
9. MemoWare - Free and For-Fee Ebooks (over 18,000 free PDA Ebooks)
10. Original Homeschooling Series by Charlotte M. Mason (full-text - 6 volumes)
11. Project Gutenberg - Online Book Catalog (over 16,000 free electronic books)
12. Read Print - thousands of free online books
13. The Online Books Page (30,000+ books that are freely readable over the Internet)

Genre

1. Christian Fiction Authors (PPLD Reading Lists)
2. Christian Fiction Author Index
3. Inspirational Fiction (hundreds of authors and titles, series, and anthologies)

Mystery

1. 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century (from The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association)
2. Cozy Mysteries (provides cozy mysteries by theme, authors and more)
3. Mysteries - PPLD Reading Lists (African-American, American, British, Colorado, Light & Quirky, Medical, Medieval, Native Americans, Saintly Sleuths, Senior Sleuths)
4. Mystery Ink - the Booklover's Guide to Mysteries and Thrillers
5. Stop, You're Killing Me! (resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy and suspense books. Includes read-alikes, genre index, and over 2400 authors with chronological lists of their books.)

Romance

1. All About Romance - The Back-Fence for Lovers of Romance Novels
2. Romance - PPLD Reading Lists (Across Time, American West, Christian, Contemporary, Frontier, Gothic, Old Fashioned Innocence, Regency, Set in Australia, Set in Scotland)
3. Romance Reader - The Very Latest News and Views of Romance Novels
4. Top 100 Romance Novels

Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror

1. Fantasy (PPLD Reading Lists)
2. Locus Online - News, Reviews, Resources, and Perspectives of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
3. Religions in Literature - Science Fiction
4. Science Fiction - PPLD Reading Lists (General, Star Wars, Techno Thrillers)
5. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
6. SF Site - "the Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy"

Language / Literature / Quotations

1. Representative Poetry Online (search by keywords, first or last line, poet's name, etc.)

Literary Criticism

1. BookSpot.com (authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, reviews)
2. Literary Criticism Online (from Internet Public Library)

Out-of-Print

1. Book Finder Report (Top 10 most requested out-of-print books by category)
2. Bookfinder (over 40,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out-of-print books)
3. How To Find Out-Of-Print Books

Poetry

1. Bartleby.com (full-text fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reference works)
2. Classic Reader (full-text fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, short stories, children's books)
3. National Poetry Month (April) (from the Academy of American Poets)
4. New to Poetry (Poetry Book Society's Top Tips for Poetry Readers)
5. Poetry Foundation (from Poetry magazine, includes articles, news, a learning lab, and more. Also includes Poetry Tool, which allows you to search or browse for poems or poets)
6. Poetry Reading Groups (ideas for selecting, discussing, and sharing poetry)
7. Poetry Study Guides - Spark Notes
8. Pulitzer Prizes (Poetry 1922 - present)

Read-Alikes

1. Authors Like Danielle Steel (PPLD Reading Lists)
2. Authors Like Mary Higgins Clark (PPLD Reading Lists)
3. Books by, or Similar to, a Particular Author (includes specific authors and genres)
4. Books Like Harry Potter (PPLD Reading Lists)
5. Books Like the DaVinci Code (PPLD Reading Lists)
6. Find a Good Book ("If You Like . . ." readalikes by subject and author)
7. Great Reads - If You Like . . . (lists readalikes for hundreds of authors)
8. If You Enjoyed The Da Vinci Code, Try These . . . (readalikes)
9. Lemony Snicket Readalikes
10. Readalike.org (repository for book reviews and read-alike suggestions from the SLIS Reading Group and Readers Advisory students)
11. Read-alikes to try if you enjoy . . . (read-alikes by genre for children and teens)
12. Redwall Read-Alikes
13. Tolkien Read-Alikes

Readers Advisory

1. AllReaders.com (search books by genre, plot, theme, character setting, etc.)
2. Based on the Book (over 1,000 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures)
3. BiblioTravel (find books that are set in distinct locales)
4. BookSpot.com (authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, reviews)
5. Genrefluent (Readers Advisory)
6. Leisure Books (and more!) for New Readers
7. Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Community - book club tips, book reviews and recommendations from nationally known librarian featured on NPR
8. Overbooked (literary and genre fiction information)
9. Readers Advisory Link Farm (contains links to reading guides, read-alike lists, reviews, and much more)
10. Websites for Book Lovers (from Morton Grove Public Library Webrary)
11. Whichbook.net (UK based site, allows user to build elements of a book such as happy/sad, expected/unpredictable, etc.)

Reading Lists

1. Adult Basic Skills Reading Lists - PPLD (includes beginning adult readers, ESL topics, dictionaries, GED, Math, Pre-GED, and Reading Instruction)
2. Book Ideas - PPLD Kids Web (includes booklists for kids and much more!)
3. Booklist Center (lists of award-winning and recommended books by category)
4. Local History Booklists - PPLD
5. Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Community - book club tips, book reviews and recommendations from nationally known librarian featured on NPR
6. PPLD Reading Lists
7. PPLD's Teen Zone Booklists and Reviews

Reviews

1. Book Browse.com (how to find or start a book club; free reading guides, excerpts, reviews, etc.)
2. Booklist (book reviews from American Library Association)
3. Bookpage - "America's Book Review"
4. BookSpot.com (authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, reviews)
5. Building Rainbows - Book Reviews and Discussion (contributed by readers)
6. Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Community - book club tips, book reviews and recommendations from nationally known librarian featured on NPR
7. New York Review of Books
8. PPLD's Teen Zone Booklists and Reviews
9. Readers Club (book club links, book reviews)
10. Reader's Robot (book "reviews that reveal the appeal")
11. Reviews of Books (full-length reviews from around the world: fiction, nonfiction, children's, teen, mystery, )
12. Teen Reads (author interviews, book reviews)

Sacred Texts

1. Bible (American Bible Society's King James Version, Old and New Testaments)
2. Bible Study Tools (concordances, commentaries, versions, dictionaries, sermon helps)
3. Bible Translations (search by word or passage in over 20 languages, over 10 versions)
4. Gutenberg Bible (scanned pages)
5. Internet Sacred Text Archive (world religions, sacred books, beliefs, myths, folklore, spirituality)
6. Srimad Bhagavatam (sacred book of stories of India)

Series

1. Inspirational Fiction (hundreds of authors and titles, series, and anthologies)
2. Juvenile Series and Sequels (over 20,000 books in series titles organized by author, subject, series and book title)
3. Series for Children
4. What's Next?: Books In Series™ Database of Kent District Library (lists titles in adult, young adult, and juvenile fiction series)
5. Young Adult Books in Series and Sequels

Social Networking Book Sites

1. Book Crossing (global "book club" that leaves books for others to find)
2. Books Well Read (free online book journal, can share reflections, get book recommendations, take notes on a book you are reading, and more)
3. GoodReads (keep track of what you've read, get book recommendations, find trivia and book quotes)
4. LibraryThing (catalog your books online, share reading lists, connect with others of similar reading tastes, and much more. Free registration)
5. Reading Trails (find books, create "trails", read reviews)
6. Shelfari - share what is on your bookshelf with others
7. What Should I Read Next? (enter a book or author you like, and you will be given suggestions on new books to read. Register for free, enter your own books and recommendations and receive custom searches)

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