Reader's Advisories

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.

New York Times: Best Seller List

The New York Times weekly list of Best Sellers from the New York Times Book Review!

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. ...".

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!

Reviews and Criticism

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.

Book Clubs

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!

Reading Woman: Books We Have Read and Loved

From the newsletter "Reading Woman,", a list of "great reads," with summaries and book excerpts.

The Jewish Reader: A Guide for Book Groups

Features a book of the month choice from contemporary Jewish fiction and classics with a link to "Great Jewish Books."

ReadingGroupGuides.com

This site offers a search of publisher's reading guides by category, title, and author for individual readers and book clubs.