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Listed below are links to books lists and book
review sources. Though not a definitive
list of such resources, it does offer a good
starting point in identifying other good books
to read. BOOK CLUBS AND BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Barnes and Noble Book Club Center
BBC
World Book Club
Book Muse
Books Online
GMA's Read This Book Club
MSNBC Today Books
Oprah's Books
Rachel's Compendium of Online Book Discussions
Talking Book Program,
providing free library service to Texans of all ages who are unable to read
standard print material due to visual, physical, or reading disabilities.
INTERNET RESOURCES—REVIEW SOURCES
Atlantic
Monthly
BookList Highly
recommended
BookPage
Directed toward readers ; Fiction by
genre ; Children’s books
Bookwire
Highly recommended
Cannylink
Lists of review sources
Library
Journal Highly recommended
Midwest
Book Review Highly recommended
New
York Review of Books
New
York Times Book Review Reviews going
back to 1980
Quarterly Black
Review
INTERNET RESOURCES—BOOK LISTS
BookBrowse
Owned by Amazon.com ; Lengthy excerpts of
bestsellers
BookBrowser:
the guide to avidreaders Offers
readings lists, book reviews, forthcoming
titles
Genreflecting
Provides excellent reader’s advisor
information
Internet Public
Library Links to lists of books in
many areas
NoveList
Webrary
Booklists, bibliographies, pathfinders
INTERNET RESOURCES—CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND
SERVICES
Best
Books for Young Adults
Children's
Book Council Links to authors,
librarians, parents, booksellers, artists, and
teachers
Notable
Children's Recordings
Popular
Paperbacks for Young Adults
Quick
Picks for Reluctant Young Adults
Selected
List of Audiobooks for Young Adults
Selected
Videos for Young Adults
Spokane
(Washington) Public Library's Kids-Sites
Divided into scary stories, fantasy, science
fiction, humor, sports, historical fiction
INTERNET RESOURCES—ONLINE BOOKSTORES
Amazon Booklists
could be useful ; reviews are always positive
Barnes
and Noble Booklists could be useful
Bilingual
Books for Kids Sells books written
with Spanish and English appearing
side-by-side
Borders
INTERNET RESOURCES— SPANISH LANGUAGE
MATERIALS
Bilingual
Books for Kids Sells books written
with Spanish and English appearing
side-by-side
Novelist
is a reader advisory service. It helps
readers find books to read. It can be
searched by author, title, and plot summary
and provides lists of books by awards and
genre. Book discussion materials, book
talk ideas, author interviews, and links to
author pages are just a few of the additional
services provided. This service is made
available to Longview Public Library patrons
through the TexShare program. If
prompted for a password, enter your library
card number.
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