Book Lists & Review Sources

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.

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Book Clubs and Discussion Groups
Barnes and Noble Book Club Center
BBC World Book Club
Book Muse
Books Online
DearReader Online Book Clubs
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.

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Online Book Reviews
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

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Online Book Lists
BookBrowse Owned by Amazon.com ; Lengthy excerpts of bestsellers
BookBrowser: the guide to avid readers 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

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Children's Books & 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

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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

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Spanish Language Materials
Bilingual Books for Kids Sells books written with Spanish and English appearing side-by-side

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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.