Do you like certain styles or genres of fiction and need ideas for what to read? Take a look at this list of places to go for reading suggestions based on your interests!
- All Readers, hosted by writer Steve Gordon, ranks science fiction, mystery, romance, biography and history reviews.
- Author Yellow Pages helps you find authors own pages.
- Bookmarks Magazine lists selected reviews from its magazine.
- BookBrowse is a commercial site edited by Davina Morgan-Witts. Although a subscription is needed for enhanced information, there are of reviews and a searchable database available.
- Book Spot, produced by Startspot Mediaworks, has lots of links for many genres.
- Morton Grove Public Library Readers' Services has links to a variety of reading sites.
- Overbooked is a volunteer project of Ann Chambers Theis, Collection Management Administrator from Chesterfield County (VA) Public Library and includes annotated lists and review of nonfiction and fiction by genre.
- Readers Read, produced by Writers Write, an Internet media firm, reviews a wide variety of books.
- Reader's Robot from the Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System in Canada has a searchable database of over 7,000 reviews.
Black Issues Book Review from Cox, Matthews, & Associates, Inc. (CMA) publishing company, has some reviews from the magazine.
- AudioFile magazine has current and archived reviews.
- Audible, an audio book store, has lots of reviews.
- Audio Book Stand, an audio book store, sells audio books, including downloadable files.
- BookMovement has reviews and guides for book clubs.
- Bookmuse, founded by Kristine Ball, a book group facilitator for six years in the San Francisco Bay Area has guides for clubs, as well as reviews.
- Random House Reading Group Guides offers browse by category, title, or author option to locate guides.
- Readers Club from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC) features an online book club and RSS feeds of new reviews.
- Reading Group Choices from Connxsys LLC allows you to search for books by topic, author, publisher, etc. and provides discussion questions for each book listed
- Reading Group Guides, an Internet company founded by Carol Fitzgerald, offers online discussions about books as well as help in finding a book club.
Comics Worth Reading, hosted by Johanna Carlson, a reviewer for more than 10 years, is a blog about graphic novels.
Historical Novel Society which also publishes the Historical Novels Review lists forthcoming titles and books back to 2003.
- Dark Echo, compiled by Paula Guran, a freelance horror writer, reviews new and old
- Horror Writers Assocation has a list of award winners and best horror novels of all time.
- ClueLass.com, compiled by Kate Derie, Assistant Editor of the Mystery Readers Journal, lists mystery writers conferences and review of upcoming books.
- DorothyL is a discussion list for the lovers of the mystery genre concocted by a group of women librarians.
- The Librarians Internet Index-Mysteries and More sponsored by Washington State Library and California Digital Library gives links to mystery book sites.
- Mystery Ink has reviews, author interviews and lists of award winners. It is hosted by David J. Montgomery, a Washington, D.C.-based writer and book reviewer.
- The Mystery Reader, edited by D.N. Anderson has news and review of mysteries.
- Mystery Writers of America, a writers association, lists Edgar Award winners.
- Palm Beach County Library System-Readers Advisory-Mysteries has links to other mystery sites.
- Readers Room, a firm which promotes mystery authors, offers chats with authors as well as review and information on publishing.
- Stop You're Killing Me (started by Bonny Brown, a mystery reader) allows searching for mysteries by character, location, or author.
- Barry Awards from the editorial staff of Deadly Pleasures magazine lists winners.
- Thrilling Detective is a magazine that focuses on noir/hardboiled detectives.
- Affaire de Coeur is a magazine devoted to romance novels. Reviews are available online.
- The Beau Monde, from "a specialty chapter of the Romance Writers of America®, a community of Regency writers" offers the Regency Reader, a free e-mailed newsletter for anyone interested in Regency romances.
- Romance Reader features news and reviews of romance novels edited by D.N. Anderson.
- PNR Paranormal Romance provides reviews of fantasy and futuristic romance edited by Leslie Tramposch.
- RITA Award Winners from The Romance Writers of America headquartered in Spring, TX lists titles that earned the "highest award of excellence in the genre of romance fiction."
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. lists their Nebula awards winners.
- SF Site, edited by Roger Turner, has interviews, reviews and links.
- SciFan, hosted by consultant Olivier Travers, has book reviews and links for the science fiction fan.
- Uchronia: The Alternate History List, produced by Robert Schmunk, reviews alternate history.
- SFF Net, owned by Greyware Automation Products, a software and consulting firm in Dallas, features an online community of writers and readers with free and subscription sections, interviews, and reviews.
- Science Fiction Weekly, an online magazine, reviews science fiction books and anime.
- World Fantasy Awards lists winners named by the World Fantasy Convention.
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