Olathe Public Library Websites
Online Book Clubs
Join our Online Books Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading!
Fiction Resources
AllReaders.com
Allreaders.com offers detailed book reviews from many different genres of books.
Based on the Book
Based on the Book is a compilation of over 1,250 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures. Utilizing the Internet Movie Database as the authority, all movies in this collection have been released as feature-length films in the United States, in English, since 1980.
Fantastic Fiction
Fantastic Fiction includes bibliographies for over 10,000 authors and information on over 200,000 books.
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Goodreads
Goodreads is a social network site for readers around the world. Goodreads members recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, form book clubs and more!
Harper Library
Browse before you buy! HarperCollins now allows you to browse inside books by some of their most popular authors.
Internet Movie Database
IMDB provides detailed information about movies including everything from who was in it and who made it to trivia, quotes and links to reviews.
Library Thing
Library Thing allows you to catalog your book collection, find people with similar tastes and get book recommendations. Up to 200 books may be cataloged for free.
Olive TV
Video interviews with authors from Harper Perennial, a trade paperback imprint of HarperCollins.
Oprah's Book List
Oprah's list, plus other information about her authors, etc.
What's Next?
If you are reading a series and can't remember what book is next or an author has several series and you want to know which book goes where, this site is a good one to try.
Whichbook.net
A site that allows the user to choose the elements of the book that is most appealing. There is a wide range of books, with excerpts available.
Bestsellers
What's popular? Take a look at some of these bestseller lists and see what everyone is reading!
New York Times Bestsellers
Includes hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction lists as well as children's and the most popular books mentioned on the New York Times website. The New York Times website also gives you access to their reviews and first chapters of recent publications.
Amazon Bestsellers
The most popular books selling on Amazon.com, updated hourly.
Publishers Weekly Bestsellers
Publishers Weekly bestseller lists include fiction and nonfiction, children's, religious and audios. You can also take a look at the list of most borrowed items at public libraries.
Book Club Guides
Book Club Girl
The Book Club Girl offers reviews of books that would be great for discussion as well as links to reading guides when available.
Book Club Reader
Reading guides and book club resources from Simon & Schuster.
Book Group Corner
Reader's companions to books published by Bantam, Broadway, Dell and Doubleday.
Reading Group Essentials
Suggestions by genre for book clubs and reading groups from MacMillan publishing group.
Reading Group Guides
You needn't be in a reading group to use this site. The books suggested are usually thought provoking and there are suggestions and help for reading them. If you do have a reading group, the questions for each book may be of help to you.
Horror
Horror Writer's Association
This site contains a list of the annual Stoker Awards, a few lists of the Top 40 type and a number of links to other horror web sites.
Monster Librarian
A horror site dedicated to all books that are "creepy, scary, and give us the willies."
Inspirational
Faithful Reader
Book reviews and study guides for fans of Christian Fiction.
Mystery
Gumshoes, Sleuths & Snoopers
This database provides an in-depth look at 185 detective and mystery novels originally published during the period 1930-1960. This is a new project, and is still under construction. The database will likely grow as volunteers continue to submit entries.
Stop, You're Killing Me
This is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. They list over 2,400 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 28,000 titles), both series (2,800+) and non-series.
Romance
All About Romance
There are a number of fun topics on this site, including news, reviews and information for writers.
Romance in Color
Romance in Color focuses on African American romances. The website includes reviews of new releases and author information.
The Romance Reader
This site offers over 7,000 candid reviews of current romantic fiction.
Romance Reader at Heart
Romance Reader at Heart includes over 100,000 titles and offers authors and book lists broken down by subgenre.
Romantic Times
The Romantic Times website offers full access to reviews originally found in their magazine. Search by title, author, review rating, or category, to find the perfect romance.
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards are given for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They have been awarded every year since 1955 and are run by and voted on by fans.
Mythopoeic Awards
The Mythopoeic Award is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume novel, or single-author story collection for adults, published during the previous year, that best exemplifies "the spirit of the Inklings".
Science Fiction Site: The Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy
This site not only lists books, but includes interviews with authors and lots of other information.
Star Wars Novels
A great site with the Star Wars books listed by series and in order.
Uchronia: The Alternate History List
A bibliography of over 2900 novels, stories, essays and other printed material involving the "what ifs" of history.
Other Genres
Historical Fiction
HistoricalNovels.info includes more than 5,000 historical novels listed by time and place and more than 150 reviews. The site is maintained by a historian. If you are a history buff be sure and check out the Resources section of the web site!
Mathematics
Mathematical Fiction
For the math lovers, here is a database of mathematical fiction. Browse by medium, genre, motif or topic.
Western
Western Writers of America
A list of all the Spur Award winners from 1953 to the present.
Online Library Databases
Library databases may be accessed with your library card number and PIN. Most of these databases may be accessed from home; however, some are only available within the library.
Literature Resource Center Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide.