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Selected Free Readers' Advisory Websites
A special thanks to Joyce Saricks, National Readers' Advisory Service speaker and writer, for the initial list.
Have a new recommendation or notice a broken link for one of the websites? Please Contact Valerie Osborne, Northeastern Maine Library District consultant.
Websites
- AllReaders.com
- Primarily Fiction, with Biography and History genres the only
nonfiction sections. Search by author to find reviews.
- Amazon.com
- Bibliographic information, as well
as published review and customer
comments on a wide range of titles.
Genres lists, including best sellers
by genre, and book discussion
questions.
- Amazon.com's Movers and Shakers
- What's hot!
- Adult Reading Round Table
- Genre study notes, annotated booklists, and more.
- Authors on the web
- Author
news, websites, bibliographies, and
more
- Baker & Taylor's Fast Facts
- Weekly email notification of new
books and publicity
- Barnesandnoble.com
- Information similar to Amazon's
- BookBrowse.com
- Current
fiction and nonfiction by author,
title, and genre. Also ratings
(critical and member), book
discussion guides, best sellers, and
"Favorite Book" award winners
- BookSpot.com
- Portal site for hundreds of
book-related sites, including best
sellers lists, award winners, and
assorted reading lists
- Dear Reader
- Formerly
Chapter-a-Day offers a variety of
fiction and nonfiction book clubs.
- Entertainment Weekly Book Page
- Keep
up-to-date on popular culture
- Fiction_l (subscribe through Morton
Grove webrary below) Premiere
readers' advisory maillist.
- Fresh Fiction
- Subscribe to Media Spotlight for
daily updates on titles featured in
the media.
- Gnooks
- Provides an
opportunity to find reading
suggestions and readalikes
- IndieBound (formerly known as Book
Sense)
- Titles promoted in independent book
stores
- Library Journal Best Sellers and PrePub alert
- Most
popular books in libraries, based on
contributions from reporting US
libraries and advance notice of
popular titles.
- Library Booklists and Bibliographies
- Links to more than 1400 library
booklists and readalike lists,
fiction and nonfiction.
- National Public Radio
- Check both the Books and Arts and
Culture sections
- Overbooked
- Self-proclaimed website for
"ravenous" readers. Reviews, links,
and lists galore.
- Readers Advice
- Offers author biographies and
subject-based similar authors
- Readers Advisory Link Farm
- Project of University of Indiana
library school
- Reading Group Choices
- Fiction and nonfiction reviews and
discussion guides
- Reading Group Guides
- Fiction and nonfiction discussion
guides
- What's Next?
- Best guide to series order. Not
annotated but access by author,
title, or series title.
Blogs
- Cindy Orr's RA Roundup on Libraries Unlimited's RA Blog
- Weekly updates on books and media
for librarians. Covers 200+ blogs!
- Early Word
- Nora Rawlinson's daily update on
hot new titles
- Bookweb at Williamsburg Regional Library (VA)
- And their award-winning blog: http://bfgb.wordpress.com/
Other Resources
- Reviews in popular media
- Audiobook catalogs for nonfiction ideas
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