Websites About Books
- Agatha Awards
- The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others.
- Audie Awards
- Awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).
- Award Web
- Literary Award Information
- Caldecott
- Awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- Edgar Awards
- Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America, for distinguished work in the mystery genre: novels, television, and motion pictures.
- Hugo Award
- Given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
- National Book Awards
- An American literary prize given to writers by writers and administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
- Nebula Award
- Given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year.
- Newbery Award
- Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
- Philip Dick Award
- The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction books published for the first time in the United States as a paperback original.
The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually for distinguished science fiction books published for the first time in the United States as a paperback original.
- Printz Award
- An award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
- Pulitzer Prize
- A U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition.
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
- SFWA is a professional organization for authors of science fiction, fantasy and related genres.
- World Fantasy Awards
- The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy.
Best Sellers
Reviews
- BookPage
- Discover your next great book!
- MostlyFiction
- An online book review site.
- Overbooked: A Website for Ravenous Readers
- Providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction
- Reader's Robot -- A Reader's Advisory Service
- The Reader's Robot will try to match your reading tastes with books in its database(s) and suggest books you might enjoy.
- SciFan : books and links for the science fiction fan
- Books & Links for the Science Fiction Fan. SciFan helps science fiction and fantasy book lovers find new books to read. We feature classics, series in their reading order, bibliographies, links to pages dedicated to SF&F authors, themes and more.
- The Mystery Reader
- The latest reviews and news of current mystery novels.
- The Romance Reader
- The latest reviews and news of romance novels. The Romance Reader also has features, columns, romance author interviews, reader commentary, reader feedback, and more.
- Historical-Fiction
- Reviews, News and Discussions on Historical Novels since 2007
- Best Fantasy Books
- Providing fantasy and science fiction recommendations -- books, comics, anime, movies, and games.
- Overbooked
- Providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and reable nonfiction for ravenous and omnivorous readers
- All About Romance
- Reviews, interviews, blogs and forums for Romance readers.
- Dear Author
- Romance book reviews from the readers' point of view.
- Nancy Pearl
- The Oprah of librarians
- BookBrowse
- Recommendations, read-alikes, and searchable genres.
- Compass Book Ratings
- Books rated in the following areas:
violence, sexual content, profanity, mature themes, and recommended age group.
Series and Sequels
- Juvenile Series and Sequels
- The database contains over 28,000 books in 3,700 series titles that are classified into three audiences: Juvenile Easy [JE] - for birth through 2nd grade readers, Juvenile [J] - for 2nd through 6th grade readers, Young Adult [YA] - for 6th through 12th grade
- SciFan : books and links for the science fiction fan
- Books & Links for the Science Fiction Fan. SciFan helps science fiction and fantasy book lovers find new books to read. We feature classics, series in their reading order, bibliographies, links to pages dedicated to SF&F authors, themes and more.
- Stop, You're Killing Me!
- A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. We list over 3,600 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 41,000 titles), both series (4,100+) and non-series.
- What's Next
- Books in Series database
- FictFact
- Easily find out which book is next in a series
Suggested Reading
- ALA Notable Books
- A list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader
- BestSFBooks
- The Best SF and Fantasy books, instantly.
- Books N Bytes Book Release Schedules
- Book release schedules.
- Find a Good Book
- Hennepin County Library Bookspace page
- Gnod
- Get to know new authors and find out what other people like you like to read.
- Goodreads
- See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you've read and get recommendations.
- Morton Grove Library's Webrary Readers Services
- Many discussion topics on the Morton Grove Public Library's mailing list for reader's advisory issues, result in compilations of books on a particular theme, authors with similar styles, etc.
- Novelist
- Readers Advisory (Library Card Required)
- Oprah
- Read along with Oprah's Book Club and millions of other readers! Get in-depth book summaries and discussion questions for your book clubs, learn about the authors, join book clubs in your area, read Oprah's personal messages and more!
- TasteKid
- Recommendations for music, movies and books that are similar or related to the user's preferences.
- Guys Read
- Suggested reading from author, Jon Scieszka, to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.
- Book Movement
- Whether you're looking for book guides, book reviews, book ideas, new books or club communication tools, BookMovement has something for every book club.
- Flashlight Worthy
- Hundreds of booklists.
