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Internet Resources:  Books

Audio Book Reviews and Free Downloads

bulletAudiobooks.org Promoting audio books; lots of free audio
bullet Audiofile Reviews audio books, information on favorite narrators and info on forthcoming audio books
bulletOverdrive-Download free audio books using your MVLC library card

Book Lists by Genre:

bullet Genreflecting-Search for current titles, authors and must-reads by genre

Christian Fiction:

bulletChristian Booksellers Online
bulletEvangelical Christian Publishers Association
bulletTracy's Book Nook

Graphic Novels and Comic Books

bulletArtbomb-This site's mission is to "promote diverse and sophisticated graphic novels."
bullet Comic Books for Young Adults-A Guide for librarians
bulletComics Worth Reading-Reviews Graphic Novels for all ages
bullet Diamond Book Shelf Reviews-Graphic Novel reviews by a librarian
bullet Librarians Guide to Anime and Manga
bullet No Flying, No Tights-Graphic Novels for teens

Historical Fiction:

bullet Ancient Greece in Fiction
bullet Historical Novel Society
bullet Nautical Fiction
bullet Pre-historic Fiction
bullet Soon's Historical Fiction Site
bulletUchronia.net (alternate history book lists)

Horror & Gothic:

bullet DarkEcho Horror Web (Reviews and links to horror book lists)
bulletHorror Writers of America
bulletLiterary Gothic (Gothic authors, titles and resources)

Mystery:

bullet ClueLass Home Page (A mystery lover's notebook)
bullet Historical Mystery Fiction-Extensive list
bulletHistory of the Mystery (For mystery fanatics!)
bulletMystery Reader
bulletSisters in Crime (female authors of crime and mystery)
bulletStop You're Killing Me (search for a mystery by author or character)

Romance:

bulletAll About Romance Book Reviews (includes book reviews and sensuality ratings)
bulletRomance Reader
bulletRomance Writers of America
bulletRomantic Times

Science Fiction and Fantasy:

bulletLocus Online-Magazine of Science Fiction publications
bulletSci-Fi Fan (science fiction and fantasy database)
bulletScience Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
bulletSF Site (home page for science fiction and fantasy)

Thrillers

bullet Thriller Writers of America

Western:

bulletRoundup (Reviews and articles from the Western Writers of America)
bulletSpur Awad (Distinguished writing about American West)
bulletWestern Writers of America

Book Lists (general):

bullet Based on the Book (Books into movies)
bulletBookBrowser (Extensive reading lists from Barnes and Noble)
bullet Book Lover's List from Lowell Library (Book lists by genre)
bullet Fiction L booklists (Extensive fiction book lists)
bulletIf You Liked...What to read next if you liked a certain book
bullet Internet Book List
bullet Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901 - present
bulletNovelist (extensive book list database) Click here to search Novelist from home.
bullet Oprah's Books (Oprah's book group)
bulletToday Show Book Club
bullet Publishers Weekly Best Seller Lists
bulletVirtual Reference Desk's Books and Literature

Book Groups

bulletAuthors at Your Library-Find an author for your next discussion
bulletBook Movement (Book group tools-Free)
bulletBook Muse (Book Discussion guides and resources-Fee based)
bulletMVLC Book Club Kits-checkout one of our kits for your group!
bulletPinkmonkey (Book discussion guides-Fee Based)
bulletReader's Circle (Find a circle in your area-Free)
bulletReading Group Choices (Book discussion guides-Free)
bulletReading Group Guides (Book discussion guides-Free)
bulletReading Woman-Recommended reading for women's book groups
bulletSparknotes (Literary study guides-Free)

Book Reviews

bulletBoston Globe Books Section
bulletNew York Times Books Section
bulletOverbooked-Non-fiction, literary and genre fiction
bulletWashington Post Book World

Book Sales

bulletAbebooks.com (rare books)
bulletAmazon.Com
bullet Audible.com (Download audio books)
bulletBarnes and Noble
bullet Book Sales in Massachusetts
bullet Borders
bulletRecorded Books Online

Electronic Books, Poems, etc.:

bulletAmerican Verse Project
bulletBaen Free Library (formatted for handhelds)
bulletBibliomania
bullet Electronic Text Center (formatted for handhelds)
bulletMany Books (formatted for handhelds)
bulletProject Bartleby
bulletProject Gutenberg (formatted in plain text)
bulletRepresentative Poetry Online - Version 2.0
bulletScript-O-Rama (Movie and TV Scripts)
bulletShakespeare - Complete Works

Miscellaneous

bulletArts and Letters Daily
bulletAuthor Pseudonyms
bulletBookspot (search for all book related content)
bulletBookreporter.com (keep up to date with book news)
bullet Librarian's Index to the Internet-Books

Publishers

bullet HarperCollins
bulletHenry Holt and Company
bulletPenguin Putnam
bulletRandom House
bulletSimon & Schuster

 

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This site was last updated October 15, 2007 by the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium.  Please e-mail us with any questions or comments.