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- Book Discussions @ Roselle Public Library
- Bibliographies
- Find Your Next Read...
- Websites for Book Lovers
- Book Awards
- Good Reads for Teens
- Good Books for Kids
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Bibliographies
- Virgin River Series - read this popular romance series in order from 2007 to present
Find Your Next Read...
- NoveList (In-Library link) (at home link)
A premium subscription service for Roselle Public Library patrons.
The ultimate reader's advisory web page. Match a favorite author, story, or style, browse lists of award-winning titles, and read articles and interviews.
- NoveList K-8 (In-Library link) (at home link).
A premium subscription service for Roselle Public Library patrons.
Reader's advisory for children and parents.
Find a favorite author, story, or style; browse lists of award-winning titles; and discover recommended reading and read-alikes.
Websites for Book Lovers
- Amazon.com
One of the largest e-retailers still around, Amazon started out as an on-line book buying site. Though they have considerably expanded their wares, you can still find listings and reviews of thousands of books and authors. - Chicago Sun-Times Books
The Chicago Sun-Times on-line book review page. - Goodreads.com
The largest social book discovery and recommendation site for readers in the world. Users recommend books, compare what they are reading, keep track of what they've read and would like to read, find their next favorite book, form book clubs and much more.
The Library's Adult Discussion of Youth Literature is a Goodreads Group. - New York Times Best Sellers
The weekly overview of all of the NYT Best Seller lists.
- Oprah's Book Club
This is the section of Oprah's web site where you can find information on all her Book Club choices. - Pulitzer Prize
The official web site of the Pulitzer Prizes, here you can search nominated finalists and winners, read about the history of the prizes, and examine the entry forms. - Readers Circle
If you've been looking for a way to connect with book-related groups, this is it. Reader's Circle is a free public directory, searchable by ZIP Code(TM), that specializes in listings for book clubs and reader's circles. - Shelf Awareness for Readers
A twice-weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) newsletter listing the 25 best books coming out each week as selected by industry insiders, literary lists and gatherings, and more. - Stop, You're Killing Me!
This site is a resource for the lovers of mystery, intrigue and suspense books. Stop! has hundreds of authors, with complete, chronological lists of their books in this sub-genre. Indexed by authors and characters; keyword search for location, profession of character; and more. - Uchronia: The Alternate History List
This site is an annotated bibliography of over 2500 novels, stories, essays and other printed material involving the "what ifs" of history. The genre has a variety of names, but it's best known as alternate history. Alternate history consists of fictional realities in which historical events turned out differently from our reality. - What's Next™: Books in Series
Find all of the titles in a series, or all the series by an author. The database is maintained by Kent District Library. Kent County, Michigan.
Book Awards
- The 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.
- The Edgar Awards
Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America, for distinguished work in the mystery genre: novels, television, and motion pictures. - Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards, science fiction’s most prestigious award, are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. - The James Beard Foundation Awards
The "Oscars of the food world," honoring chefs, food and beverage professionals, broadcast media, journalists and authors working on food, and restaurant architects and designers.
- The Man Booker Prize
Promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. - National Book Awards
Awards are given by writers to writers in four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. - The Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded "to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction ...” The award has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds. - Pulitzer Prize
The official web site of the Pulitzer Prizes, here you can search nominated finalists and winners, read about the history of the prizes, and examine the entry forms. - RITA Awards
Recognizes outstanding published romance novels and novellas .
