Good Reads for Adults  

 

 

Notable Book List
Each year the American Library Association picks 25 outstanding books published during the year. They cover fiction, and poetry. This site covers not just this year's books, but books back to 1993.

 

Oprah's Book List
Oprah's lists, plus other information about her authors, etc.

 

Readinggroupguides.com
You needn't be in a reading group to use this site. The books suggested are usually thought provoking and there are suggestions and help for reading them. If you do have a reading group, the questions for each book may be of help to you.

 

What's Next
If you are reading a series and can't remember what book is next, or an author has several series and you want to know which book goes where, this site is a good one to try.

 

Whichbook.net
A site that allows the user to choose the elements of the book that is most appealing. There is a wide range of books, with excerpts available.

 

SPECIALIZED INTERESTS                         

 

Horror

Horror Writers Association

This site contains a list of the annual Stoker Awards, a few lists of the Top 40 type and a number of links to other horror web sites.

 

Romance

All About Romance

Go about half way down the page to the text and click on "printable lists" for some interesting choices in a variety of romance types. There are a number of other fun topics on this site.

 

Romance Writers of America

You can search this database by author's name or city/state, book title, ISBN, character names, occupations, setting, time period, genre, or award. There is also a list of current releases. The rest of the site is fun, too. There are links to a number of romance authors' web sites.  

 

Mystery

The Mystery Reader
Do you like "cozies" or "thrillers"? Only looking for new mystery titles? Like a good historical mystery? This site not only lists them, but rates them for you. 

 

Science Fiction

Science Fiction Site: The Best in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Not only lists books, but interviews with authors and lots of other information.

 

Star Wars Novels

A great site with the Star Wars books listed by series and in order.  

 

Western

Western Writers of America
A list of all the Spur Award winners from 1953 to the present.

 

 

More Fun Stuff!   Check Out These Websites! 

 

http://www.bookspot.com/

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

 

 

http://www.bookreporter.com/

 

 

http://www.imdb.com/