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The
Booklist Center
"The Web's largest collection of book lists!"
This site offers a collection of 321 book lists
prepared by authorities in a variety of 67 (current)
categories ranging from Aesthetics to Young Adult
Fiction. An invaluable resource for teachers,
librarians or anyone who selects or advises on
reading material.
National
Book Awards Winners
"The National Book Foundation
recognizes books of exceptional merit written
by Americans, in order to raise the cultural appreciation
of great writing in America." - a list of
the winners from 1950 to the present. The 2002
winners are presented with brief summaries of
their works.
Webrary:
Reader's Services/ The Fiction Booklists
Morton
Grove Public Library has compiled an extensive
list of books selected by genre, character, setting,
subject, author and audience. A wonderful site
to help select books that you will be sure to
enjoy!
The
Nobel e Museum
Information on all aspects of the Nobel Prize
for Literature and the prizewinners themselves,
from 1901 to 2002.
BookMuse.com
A comprehensive site that offers advisories,
reviews, author interviews and other information
for the avid reader. BookMuse states ..."We
aim to choose books that are challenging and that
benefit from thoughtful analysis and questioning,
whether on one's own or in a discussion group.
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Based
on the Book
A compilation of more than 800 book
titles, short stories, and plays that have been
made into motion pictures. Search by movie title,
year, book title or author.
American
Literary Classics
36 classic titles presented chapter
by chapter. Titles include, "Uncle Tom's
Cabin," "Little Women," "Babbitt,"
"My Antonia," "Ethan Frome,"
"The Scarlett Letter,"...and more!
Boston
Globe Book Reviews
A compilation of reviews published in
the Boston Globe. The search feature takes you
back to 1979, and links to a search of the New
York Times. The New York Times search includes
all articles using the search terms, not just
book reviews.
Book
List
"The digital counterpart of the
American Library Association's Booklist magazine."
Reviews of the latest books and feature articles
for over 4,000 books.
Literary
Criticism - The Internet Public Library
The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains
websistes for critical and biographical information
about authors and their works that can be browsed
by author, title, nationality and/or literary
period.
BookPage
The online version of a monthly book
review publication that offers interesting reviews
and interviews with authors of bestsellers.
Reading
Group Choices
A
comprehensive resource for reading group discussion
guides with a listing of favorites books read
and discussed by book groups during 2002 and recommendations
for 2003! A great site for reading groups!
ReadingGroupGuides.com
This
site offers a search of publisher's reading guides
by category, title, and author for individual
readers and book clubs.
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