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Reader's Advisory Want to sample a book before deciding to check it out? DearReader, an online book club, brings you approximately five minutes of reading a day for a week of a selected book. GENERAL INTERESTAmazon Top 100 Looking for popular books? The Amazon Top 100 is updated hourly with what's selling now at Amazon. Notable Book List Each year the American Library Association picks 25 outstanding books published during the year. They cover fiction, and poetry. This site covers not just this year's books, but books back to 1993. Oprah's Book List Oprah's lists, plus other information about her authors, etc. Readinggroupguides.com 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. 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. SPECIALIZED INTERESTSHorrorThis 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.RomanceGo about half way down the page to the text and click on "printable lists" for some interesting choices in a variety of romance types. There are a number of other fun topics on this site.Romance Writers of America
You can search this database by author's name or city/state, book title, ISBN, character names, occupations, setting, time period, genre, or award. There is also a list of current releases. The rest of the site is fun, too. There are links to a number of romance authors' web sites.MysteryThe Mystery Reader Do you like "cozies" or "thrillers"? Only looking for new mystery titles? Like a good historical mystery? This site not only lists them, but rates them for you.
Science FictionScience Fiction Site: The Best in Science Fiction & Fantasy
Not only lists books, but 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.WesternWestern Writers of American A list of all the Spur Award winners from 1953 to the present.
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