Sites for Book Lovers
Every once in a while, we come across a list that has something to do with books or reading. You'll find a description of these interesting pages and links to the sites. Happy searching!
AARP's High School Summer Reading List for 2013
20 books today's students are diving into — and why you may want to read them too. This is a fun flashback to 1963, with a list of the books most of us in the Zodiac Book Group read in high school. See what you think of them now.
Fiction db
This site provides author bibliographies for writers who have written series with recurring characters. You can browse author book lists, pseudonyms, series, synopses, and reviews. The best feature is the ability to keep track of your book lists and series in one convenient place.
Good Reads
In addition to book recommendations, you can add books to your personal bookshelves, rate and review books, see what friends are reading, and participate in discussion boards. You can also generate library catalogs and reading lists.
Fictional Cities
If you love to read about places you've been, this is the site to go to. It's not about imaginary cities but it is about books set in 3 European capitals: Venice, Florence, and London. The objective is to think about "how our reading affects our ideas of real cities then mixes it with our memories to create mental maps."
Historical Fiction
This site from Providence Public Library has something for everyone. Learn about subgenera, find lists of titles that reflect certain periods or themes, learn about multiculturalism, and develop a level of skepticism about traditional accounts of history, and
Rice University Library Leisure Reading Guide
New York Times 2014 Best 100
Notable fiction, poetry, and nonfiction works selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
100 Southern Literature Must Reads
If To Kill a Mockingbird is the only "Southern" book you've ever read and you've never really been exposed to Southern lit, start digging in here. Take this reader's advice: pour yourself a glass of bourbon, make a batch of cheese straws, and start reading.
Reading Group Discussion Guides
If you need a reading guide for your book group meeting or you're interested in exploring a more literary approach to something you've just read, check out these sites for guides and other helpful information about book, the authors, and other related trivia.
Book Browse
Harper Collins
Knopf Doubleday
Lit Lovers
Penguin
Reading Group Guides
