Pollard Memorial Library

Book Lovers Lists

Begin with these sources

|  Books about Books at the Library  |  Book Sites on the Web  |
|  New Books at the Pollard Memorial Library  |  Online Book Sellers  |

Genres--Library Sources and Web Sites

|  General  |  Historical/Westerns  |  Horror  |  Mystery  |  Romance  |  Science Fiction/Fantasy  |  Series  |


Books about Books at the Library

(not an exhaustive list of our holdings)
The Best Novels Of The Nineties - REF 016.823 LES
Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide To... - 028.9 PES
Books of the Century - 028 BOO
500 Great Books by Women - 016.305 BAU
Good Reading, 23rd ed. - 011.7 G64 REF ; 011.7 G64
Joy of Reading - 011.7 V24 REF
Literary Laurels (award winning) - 011.73 LIT
Literature Lover's Companion - REF 810.3 LIT
The Reader's Advisor - 016 C86
The Reader's Advisor 13th ed. (6v.) - 016.8 R28 REF
The Reader's Advisory Guide - Ref 025.54 SAR
Reader's Companion - 011.73 BRA
The Reading List (contemporary) - 016.808 REA
Sequels - 016.80883 H96
To Be Continued, 2nd ed. - REF 016.80883 JAC; 016.8 JAC
What to Read - 015.73 PEA
The Whole Story (sequels & sequences) - 016.8 SIM REF


Book Sites on the Web

Author Information at About.com - Search for author biographies and lists at this website.
Author Yellow Pages - A searchable website of Author web pages, provided by the Book Report Network.
Authors On the Web - Author bibliographies, news, and other information.
The Beat: Book Reviews - Reviews of literary fiction that feel like you are eavesdropping on a great book discussion group! From Seattle's Public Radio station, KUOW.
Bookbrowse.com - Reviews and excerpts of current books.
BookBrowser.com - Fiction lists emphasizing genres.
Book Bytes - Marylaine Block's collection of columns, book lists and book related links.
The Booklist Center - Book awards and recommended books.
Book-Remarks.com - A website that promotes books written by or about African-Americans.
BookReporter.com - Lists, a newsletter and a summer contest!
Bookspot.com - Links to lists, book information and more.
Bookwire.com - The book industry's online site, including Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal. Features include: Book Awards and the Publisher's Weekly Bestseller Lists.
January Magazine - In depth author interviews and a chance to win a free book each week make this a fun site to visit.
The New York Review of Books - Reviews and articles.
The New York Times : Books - You'll need to register the first time you visit this site, but once you've done that you'll have access to full text reviews back to 1980.
Nonfictionreviews.com - Reviews of nonfiction books by topic.
Overbooked.org - An easy to use reading advisory site with lots of links.
Powell's Books - Website of an independent Seattle bookstore providing reading recommendations from staff or "Review-A-Day", information taken from national publications.
Webrary.org - Morton Grove (IL) Public Library's web site, with many links for book lovers.
What's Next - Books in series, including genres.


Online Book Sellers

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
BookSense.com - Independent Bookseller's websites
Borders


Genres

General

Genreflecting : A guide to reading interests in genre fiction 5th ed. - Ref 016.813 HER
Teen Genreflecting - 016.813 HER REF
Bookbrowser.com - Fiction lists, emphasizing genres, from Bookbrowser.com and Barnes and Noble.
FictionDB.com - Author biographies, websites, upcoming releases, book reviews, and more.

Historical/Westerns

American Historical Association Guide To Historical Literature 3rd ed. - REF 016.9 AME
American Historical Fiction - 016.813 ADA REF
American Western Ezine - Site devoted to Westerns, includes e-cards & more
Of Ages Past - The online magazine for Historical Fiction
ReadWest - An online magazine for readers of Westerns, features book reviews, lists and more
Spur Award - List for distinguished writing about the American West
Western Writers of America - Home of the Spur Award for distinguished writing about the American West and the Owen Wister Award for lifelong contributions to the field of Western Literature.

Horror

Fantasy & Horror - 016.80883 FAN REF
DarkEcho's Horror Web - Interviews, articles and essays, reviews, an online workshop for horror writers, links to author's websites, awards, organizations and more.
HorrorNet - Links to books, movies, etc. for horror fans
Horror.org - Home of the Horror Writer's Association and the Bram Stoker Award.
Horror World - Access to community forums where fans of horror and dark fantasy can interact with authors and editors, buy and sell, talk about movies, comics and more.
The Literary Gothic - Web guide for all things concerning literary gothicism, including ghost stories, "classic" Gothic novels and Gothic fiction (1764-1820).

Mystery

Catalog of Crime - 016.80883 B29 REF
Detecting Men (mysteries written by men) - 016.823 HEI REF
Killer Books - 028 SWA
1001 Midnights - 016.823 P96 Ref
The Subject is Murder - 016.813 M54 REF
Who Done It - 016.8 H14 REF
ClueLass Home Page - For mystery writers and fans
Deadly Pleasures - A fan-oriented mystery magazine.
MysteryNet - Links to books, movies, online mysteries and more for mystery lovers
The Mystery Reader.Com - News and reviews of mysteries, including mystery subgenres
Mystery Readers Journal - Home of Mystery Readers International and the Macavity Award.
Mystery Writers of America - Home of the Edgar and Grand Master Awards.
Shots - British ezine for mystery lovers.
Stop, You're Killing Me! - A source for mystery, suspense, and intrigue books.

Romance

Romance Reader's Advisory - 016.813 BOU REF
Romantic Hearts - 016.808 ROM REF
All About Romance - "The back-fence for lovers of romance novels", including a message board.
Links for Romance Readers and Writers
New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America
The Romance Reader - News and reviews of romances, including romance subgenres.
Romance Writers Association - Home of the Romance Writers Association and the Lifetime Achievement and RITA Awards.
Romantic Times - Online journal for romance readers and writers

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Anatomy of Wonder 4th ed. - 016.808 ANA REF
Fantasy & Horror - 016.80883 FAN REF
Fluent in Fantasy - 016.80883 HER REF
Hugo Awards
Mythopoeic Society
Science Fiction Resource Guide
SFSite - The Homepage for Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction Writers of America
Uchronia - Website devoted to Alternate Histories, host of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
World Fantasy Convention

Series

Sequels 016.80883 HUS REF ; 016.80883 H96
To Be Continued 016.8 JAC REF
The Whole Story : 3000 Years of Sequels & Sequences 016.8 SIM REF
What's Next - Books in series, including genres

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