What to Read and How to Find It
- Book Reviews by Allreaders.com - Developed by an author and "thousands" of volunteers, this web site is divided in categories (SciFi/Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Literature, Romance, Biography, and History) and is searchable by plot, theme, character, setting, author and title.
- Amazon.com - Search the catalog of this mail-order bookstore.
- Bestsellers Lists of current bestsellers for fiction or nonfiction, adult or childrens books from Publishers Weekly.
- Book Browser Developed by librarians, authors and readers, this site supplies thousands of reviews, lists of series and sequels, fiction sorted by place and time, as well as reading suggestions.
- Bookfinder - It searches Advanced Book Exchange, Alibris, Amazon, Antiqbook, Barnes & Noble, Biblion, Fatbrain, Powell's Books, and others all at once. 30,000,000 books, 40,000 book dealers.
- BookSpot - What to read, where to buy, genre corner, lists of award winners, on-line discussion groups.
- Oprah's Book Club The creation of talk show host Oprah Winfrey, this site suggests lists of books to read.
- Reader's Advisory Services (of the County of Los Angeles Public Library) Developed by the Reader's Advisory Service of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, this site produces lists of reading suggestions based on basic genres.
- The Reader's Robot A service from the Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System in Kamloops, BC, Canada that provides a large searchable database. Also contains "Word of Mouth" a column published in the "Library Journal".
- Mysteries Stop, You're Killing Me! Recommended by several Fresno County staff members and patrons, this site is searchable by author, series character and keyword.
- Romance The Romance Reader Reviews of over 3,500 romances by a select group of Romance readers.
- Science Fiction SciFan Created by two science fiction enthusiasts, this site provides information and a searchable database of in and out of print scifi books.