Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library

Reader's Advisory Online Resources

bedside reading These sites can help answer the question, "What should I read next?"

Fantastic Fiction: The Fantastic Fiction website is maintained by Fantastic Fiction Limited, a small family run company based in Lancashire, UK. It offers the following sorts of tools: Bibliographies for over 25,000 authors. Use the browse menu on the left to find an author by surname, or use the search boxes on the right to search for an author or book.

Information on over 300,000 books. Throughout the site, just click on a book to see its cover picture, description and publication details.

For each author who writes series, it displays both the titles and color images of all the series book covers. A very handy site if you are trying to remember which book to read in a series.

Kent District Library's What's Next Database: "What's Next" helps you search adult or children's fiction in series. You can type in either an author, a title, or a series name and it will display all the titles in the series. For example, type in Harry Potter and you will find all the titles in this series. Or type in Inspector Rebus Series and you will find all the titles of this adult fiction series. The "What's Next" Database was developed and maintained by the Kent District Library (Michigan).

General Resources

Genreflecting: From the folks who publish Genreflecting, here is their pick of the best genre fiction sites on the World Wide Web.

Book Browser: This guide for avid readers provides reviews and author information for the general public.

Reader's Corner: Web sites for book lovers and more Reader's Advisory. Based at Morton Grove Public Library, Morton Grove, Illinois.

Reader's Robot: The goal of this site is to match readers with books recommended by other reviewers on the Internet.

A Celebration of Women Writers: This is a comprehensive list of links to biographical information about women writers, which can be browsed by country or century.

SparkNotes ..."Always Free Online": SparkNotes are similar to Cliff Notes and offer criticism and analysis of many classic literature titles. This remarkable free service also offers hundreds of student-oriented aids to understanding a wide variety of other subjects.

PinkMonkey Study Guides: PinkMonkey is a teacher-recommended study site for high school and college sudents. It includes the texts and interactive study guides: 367 Booknotes/Literature Summaries/Chapter Notes Online, Downloadable/Printable summaries, Online Textbooks/Study Guides for 15 Subjects, SAT Prep/Testing, State Testing Resources , 1,800 Online Classic Texts, Message Boards, Study Links/Study Help Info, , Research Links, and College Planning Resources. Study guides review algebra, American government, American history, biology, calculus, chemistry, economics, European history, geometry, GRE exam, physics, SAT exam, statistics, trigonometry, and world history

Public Library Sites

Adult Services Readers Advisory from Kansas City [Kansas] Public Library: Each genre of fiction has its own set of links on this practical web page designed designed to help the general reader.

Reader's Club from Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, North Carolina: This site features series fiction, recent book reviews, book talks and reader recommendations.

Webrary: Web Sites for Book Lovers from Morton Grove Public Library:: This library site includes publishers and journals which would be of interest to anyone involved in Reader's Advisory.

Mystery, Detective, and Crime Fiction

Ultimate Mystery/Detective Web Guide: Over two thousand links are posted here for resources including nonprint materials and even games.

The Mystery Reader: For the latest reviews in a wide assortment of mysteries, this is the site to click on.

Mysterious Home Page: This is a helpful guide to mysteries and crime fiction on the Internet, with useful search engines included on the site.

Mysterynet.com: The latest information on mystery writers and their adventures will be found on this delightful site.

Clue Lass Home Page: This mystery lover's notebook is filled with award sites, groups, and events related to this popular genre.

Overlooked Book Links (MYSTERY): Here is a listing of specialized links which will serve hardcore mystery readers in this rich genre.

Romantic Fiction

The Romance Reader: All the latest news in the different subgenres of romance is included at this colorful site for all lovers of romance.

eHarlequin.com: This is a chatty site focusing on love, romance, flowers, authors, and the latest in pulp romantic fiction.

Useful Links for Romance Writers and Readers: An author listing and publisher links make this a necessary site for any aspiring writer of romances.

Horror Fiction

horror.net: The latest in horror fiction can be found on this colorful site designed for casual or serious readers of the genre.

Dark Echo Horror: Interviews, reviews, and numerous links await brave web surfers to this dark and strange site.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide: Over five thousand links to the best in science fiction publishing can be found on this interesting site.

Fluent in Fantasy: The best links for anyone interested in reading fantasy fiction can be found at this imaginative site.

Fantasy Finder: This site is filled with reviews, links, and search tools designed to dive deeply into fantasy fiction.

Westerns

Western Writers of America: Information on the SPUR awards and current Western writers may be found on this rugged site.

Louis L'Amour Bibliography: Anyone looking for information on Louis L'Amour need look no further than this web site.

Western Novels of Zane Grey: If it was written by Zane Grey, one should be able to find it listed on this helpful web page.

Historical Fiction

HistFiction.net (Formerly Soon's Historical Fiction ): Students and recreational readers alike will find plenty of historical fiction Resources here to meet their needs.

Historical Fiction by Date: Anyone looking for novels set in a given time period will find plenty of good suggestions here.

Younger Readers

Book Hive: Looking for a good book to read? Buzz into the BookHive, where librarians from North Carolina (Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) recommend books for kids by category and age level.

Book Reviews by You from Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library - Teen Links: Teens recommend favorites or express disapproval of books they have read. If you are a teen with an opinion, submit your review too!

Neat Things to Read from Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library - Teen Links: Links to web sites created by or for teens about reading of interest to them.

Reading Rants: Here is a site devoted exclusively to fiction written for teenagers, with many reviews written by young adults themselves.

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