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 Bibliophile: a
person who loves books. There are so many places to visit on
the web where one can meander around for hours... finding delightful surprises
with every click of the mouse. The following sites were created by people who
love books, reading, and all things literary.
Book
Fairs and Literary Events from the
Library of Congress, a selection of events across the U.S. and around the world
Listings
of nearly 400 bookstores in 42 states, coordinated with Google's map service
with directions to the stores.
Too busy for books? Read them by e-mail.
Blurb
Company and community that "believes
passionately in the joy of books – reading them, making them,
sharing them, and selling them". This is "a populist publishing
service simple and smart enough to make anyone an author – every blogger,
cook, photographer, parent, traveler, poet, pet owner, marketer, everyone. (This
means you.)"
The
Secret Lives of Books
"For bibliophiles with time to kill, riddles and remnants of previous
owners await discovery in secondhand books. Pressed flowers. Receipts. Love
notes. Toilet paper. And sometimes papers worth a whole lot more."
Intriguing objects found in old books.
Reading
Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings
African American Literature Book Club
The
Best Reviews
Book
Browse
Booklist Center The Web's Largest Collection
of
Book Lists. Includes lists prepared by authorities in
dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award winning books
complete from the first year of the award to the present.
Book
Bytes recommended books by expert Marylaine Block
Book
Lists and Bibliographies from the Waterboro Public Library
Booklist Online Review source including the current issue's Top 10 lists,
Readalikes, Spanish Books for Youth, reference book updates, the Booklist blog
("Likely Stories"), and more.
BookPage A monthly book review distributed nationwide by more than 2,000 bookstores and
libraries.
Book Reporter
"where readers and writers click"
The
Booksense Bestseller List
Independent book-seller websites.
Books
In Depth U.S. and Canada newspaper book reviews
Books
That Change Lives Discover which books made a difference in the early lives
of the most eminent achievers of our times.
Bookwire
Review Sources Industry links and review sources.
FictionDB The essential fiction reference - search, organize, buy, and
sell.
Foreword Online ForeWord Magazine's reviews of independently published books.
Looking at Books Online Book review columns by the Connecticut Library Association.
New York Times
Best Seller List New York Times compilation of bestsellers.
Readers Read Features news about the hottest books and authors in all genres, bestseller
lists and links to the best sites for literature and books.
ReadThisNow Ohio's live online web site for readers, connecting readers with books, online,
all the time.
The Reader's Robot Reading lists and recommendations.
Reading
Group Choices
Resources for Readers and Writers
Web Sites for Book Lovers
What Do I Read Next?
Which Book to Read?
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
Science Fiction Homepage
Science
Fiction Weekly
The Mystery Reader
Mystery Net.com
Sisters in Crime
The Romance Reader
Favorite Teen Angst Books
Links
to Your Favorite YA Authors
Recommended
Teen Reading
Recommended teen reading from St. Charles Public Library
smoochya
teen romances
BookLoons Book Reviews and More
Literary Landscape:
More Than Recommendations Satellite
Sisters Interviews with authors and more
LitLinks Compilation of information on works, authors, and periods.
Books and Literature
Fiction Addiction
Guide to Critical Reading
Literary
Index: Internet Resources in Literature "provides both an overview and a review of the more significant
collections of Internet literary resources of interest to scholars, students,
and lovers of literature"
Reader's Cafe Reading recommendations, author and book information, book discussion and
guides)
Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Reader's Club: Your Guide to
Enjoyable Books
Readers' Connection Explore popular titles and current reading trends.
Readerville: The Social Life of the Mind
SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
Washington Center for the Book
Where to Do Research on Books and Literature
Today in Literature
LitWeb
Biographies of 500 writers and winners of literary prizes.
Literary Criticism from Internet Public Library
Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.
Booklist Online Review source including the current issue's Top 10 lists,
Readalikes, Spanish Books for Youth, reference book updates, the Booklist blog
("Likely Stories"), and more.
Book Discussion Guides Discussion
Guide from the Park Ridge Public Library
Reading Group Guides
RandomHouse Reading Group Guides
Rachel's Compendium of Online Book Clubs
Reading Group Choices
Readerville
Bookspot
Reading Women Books We Have Read and Loved
The Jewish Reader: A Guide for Book Groups
Reader's Cafe
African American Literature Book Club
Dangerously Curvy Novels
Ballantine Reader's Circle
BookMuse
HarperCollins' Reading Group Guides
Henry Holt's Reading Group Guides
St. Martin's Press Reading Group Guides
Time Warner Bookmark
Vintage Books Reading Group Center
Online Book Clubs African
American Literature Book Club
Book Chat Central
Book Chatter
Borders
Book Club Online venture whose first episode
features Mitch Albom discussing his new novel, For One More Day (Hyperion,
$21.95, 1401303277).
The Book Group List
The Constant Reader
Habitual Reader online
fiction book club that features your reader
profiles, book reviews,
and favorite
community bookstores. Are you curious to know . . . what books other readers
would take to a deserted
island? What books other readers would never pick up again? What makes you a
Habitual Reader? This is a community designed for you -- book people of the
world -- to talk about fiction.
Mystery Net Community
The Mythopoetic Society
Oprah's Book Club
SeniorNet Book Clubs
Satellite
Sisters Radio book club
Primary Sources Click
here for information about and links to Primary
Sources
Online
Texts Alternative History Fiction Online
American Affairs
American
Memory Historical Collections
American Verse Project
Antique
Books Online
Archive
of Primary Sources
The Bible Gateway
Bibliomania
Camelot Project
Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information.
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Digital Book Index
Digital Librarian
Documenting the American South
Early American Fiction
University of Adelaide
Web Books
University of Adelaide Library’s collection of Web books. The collection
includes more than 700 classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and
History.
Eighteenth-Century Resources
FreeFullText.com Direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of
their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for free
(though some may require free registration).
Full-Text
Books Full-text books from O'Keefe Library of St. Ambrose University.
Great Books Online
Hanover
Historical Texts Project
IMLS Digital
Collections Registry Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) Digital Collections Registry, a gateway to the digital collections funded
through the IMLS National Leadership Grant Program and a resource for educators
and cultural heritage professionals. a fascinating array of digital collections
from all subject areas - art to science, literature to home economics - and from
all types of institutions such as museums, libraries, and historical societies.
In the First Person
Free database with in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of
oral history in English from around the world. An index of letters, diaries,
oral histories, and personal narratives.
International Children's Digital Library
Internet Public Library Reading Room
Literature for Children
Literature Network
Litrix Reading Room
Luminarium
Making
of America
Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet
The Online Books Page
Online Medieval and Classical Library
The
Oxford Text Archive
Project Gutenberg
Questia
More than 5000 free books, including classics and rare books.
Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Library at Duke University
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Victorian Women Writers Project
Web of English History
World
eBook Library Consortium-based collection of online publications in HTML format in the
areas of classical and religious literature, poetry, and historical documents.
Online
Magazines and Newspapers AllYouCanRead
Portal to Worldwide Newspapers and Magazines
Used
and Rare Books Abebooks
Alibris
Amazon Rare Books
Antiquarian
Books
Barnes
and Noble
Book
Avenue
BookMooch New life for old books - a community for exchanging used books.
Books
& Book Collecting
Bublos
All about rare books and where to find them.
Collecting
Rare Books Links and information that
will be useful to people who are interested in books and book-collecting over
the internet. The main emphasis is on rare and antique books, but a wide range
of interests is also covered.
CollegeSmarts Buy and sell used text books. Can also compare prices.
Fetch Book
Finding
the Book Value: What Are Old Books Worth?
Finding Used and
Rare Books and Their Prices From the Internet Public Library.
Pricing
Out of Print Books
Search
and Compare
Powell's
City of Books
TomFolio
UsedBookFind
Bigwords New & used text books & more
Book
Awards and Prizes Newberry Medal (children's
literature)
Caldecott Medal (children's book illustration)
Pulitzer Prize (journalism, drama, letters)
Nobel Prize in Literature
Rita & Golden Heart Awards (romance)
Bram Stoker Award (horror)
Spur Awards (westerns)
Coretta Scott King Award (African American author/illustrator)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (teens)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (children)
Children's Book Awards
Amazon's
Links to Award Winning Books
Book
Arts
Book Forms
Make an Artist Book
Making Books Book
Arts on the Web
What
is a Book?
Make a Concertina
Special Books and Book
Collecting
Children's
Books Online: the Rosetta Project
Eric Carle's Museum of Picture Book Art
Nostalgia Books in High Demand
The H2OBoro Blog helpfully lists links to webliographies and other web resources
for "nostalgic boys' and girls' adventure books from the '30s, '40s and
'50s."
Picturing Childhood: Illustrated Children's Books
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