Books, Libraries, Literature
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Recommended Books and Book Reviews
TitleTALK Newsletter
WCLS Reading Group Lists 2008
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Suggestions from WCLS staff for lively book discussions!
Best Sellers and Awards
BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers
Find books by topic of interest; browse new releases and recommended lists.
Booklist Magazine
The librarian's leading choice for reviews of the latest books and electronic media.
BookLust
An online community of book lovers led by Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl.
BookSpot
Sites are organized into intuitive categories and include bestseller lists, genres, topical reading lists, electronic texts, book news and more.
If You Like ...
Online reference guide to authors and genres, which allows you to enter an author or genre you like, and get a list of more books similar to the one you enjoyed.
Mystery Reader
Hundreds of book reviews for your mystery reading pleasure (reviews include violence ratings).
New York Times Book Review (requires free registration)
Overbooked
Fabulous booklists especially for genre fiction and readable nonfiction.
Romance Reader
Companion site to Mystery Reader, this site also contains hundreds of book reviews.
Science Fiction Resource Guide
Extensive lists of links to SF sites including art and artists; authors; awards.
Series and sequels - A tool from the LA Public Library for finding what book comes next in a series.
Spur Awards
Given annually for distinguished writing about the American West, the Spur Awards list the best of western writing from 1954 to the present.
WhichBook
From UK librarians, this site guides you to books based on the book’s mood (happy/sad, gentle/violent) or character, plot and setting elements.Author Information
Author Directory
a.k.a. (also known as)
Find author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, and pen names.
Meet the Writers from B&N
Interviews, biographical fact files and links to author web pages.
Native American Authors
Searchable by author, title or tribe; includes bibliographies of published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.
Wired for Books
Listen to hundreds of historical author interviews by Don Swaim of CBS Book Beat, including Edward Abbey, Margaret Atwood, Allen Ginsberg, Louis L'Amour, and more.Book Clubs and Discussion Guides
HarperCollins
Readers' Guides
Henry Holt
Reading Group Guides
MGPL's Webrary
Book Discussion Guides
Oprah's Book Club Selections
A complete list of titles featured on Oprah's Book Club from Oprah's own web site.
Penguin Putnam
Club Reading Group Guides
Random House
Links to book discussion guides.
Reading Group Choices
Selecting discussable books for reading groups since 1995
Reading Group Guides
" The online community for reading groups"
SimonSays.com
Reading Groups
WCLS Reading Group Selections -2008
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003Book Collecting (Rare Books)
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Books and Book Collecting:
A resource for book collectors searching for rare, out of print books, or volumes to complete sets
When U.S. Works Pass Into the Public Domain
Chart listing terms of copyrightBookstores and Publishers
Abebooks
Internationally combines small booksellers so that you can find used, new and rare books to buy.
All Book Search and Price Comparison
You can use this site to search for any book you want, comparing the prices and services among 41 on-line bookstores. Includes new and used books.
Alibris: Books You Thought You'd Never Find
Alibris uses the Internet to enable hundreds of independent booksellers around the world to sell hard-to-find and treasured books.
Amazon.com
Bellingham Bookstores
contact information for local booksellers.
Bookfinder.com
A one-stop search site that lets users view the collections of over 20,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out-of-print books.
Booksense
A family of independent-bookseller websites.
Bookstores, Libraries and Publishers on the Web
A directory of links to bookstores, publishers, major library catalogs, audio and video vendors.
Barnes & Noble.com
Chapters.ca
Canadian online bookstore that features books, videos and more, featuring a focus on items of interest to Canadians and priced in Canadian dollars.
Powell's Books: Used, New and Out of Print
From Portland, OR, Powell's carries books by all your favorite authors and on your favorite topics, in Hardcover and Paperback, used and new.
Libraries
American Library Association (ALA)
ALA provides leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship. Access to information about library events, news, education, employment, advocacy and support.
Washington Library Association (WLA)
WLA, with a membership of over 1300 individuals and 39 institutions, provides the leadership needed to develop, improve, and promote library services to all Washington residents.
Bellingham Public Library
Bellingham Technical College
Fraser Valley Regional Library
Libraries Online: from LibrarySpot.com
Library of Congress
Libweb - Library WWW Servers
Library homepages and online catalogs from over 135 countries.
OCLC Dewey Browser
Type in a term and find the general area where you will find a subject.
Pacific Northwest Library Association
Washington State Library
Washington Libraries Online
Access to the homepages of Washington libraries on the WWW.
WebJunction
A site for librarians to share information on policies and practices, technical resources, advice for purchasing hardware and software, and community message/discussion boards. Provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's U.S. Library Program.
Western Washington University Library
Whatcom Community College Library
Z39.50 Gateway to Libraries
this site, from the Library of Congress, allows you to search other library catalogues using the same search interface, without having to know the particular searching techniques of the individual library catalogues.Literary Awards
AwardWeb: Collections of Literary Award Information
The primary focus here is science fiction award winners, but other awards are also listed.
BookWire Index - Book Awards
All of the major literature awards are linked in this directory.
Nobel Prize for Literature
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Awards
An annual award recognizing authors/illustrators who live in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.
Pulitzer PrizesLiterary Criticism
Cliffs Notes
Full text content to over 180 literature guides
Perspectives in American Literature
From Paul J. Reuben, California State University Stanislaus professor, this site is organized into the major literary movements. Each chapter includes a selected bibliography and an introduction, then contains information on major and minor authors.
Online Literary Criticism Collection
The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 3936 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
SparkNotes: Literature
Written by over 100 Harvard students and grads, this site contains plot and chapter summaries, biographical information, characterizations and study questions.Online Books & Literature
Bartelby.com: Great Books Online
Publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference full text online.
Internet Classics Archive
Select from a list of 441 full text works of classical literature by 59 different authors.
Literary Resources on the Net
An extensive list of annotated links from Jack Lynch, Assistant Professor in the English department of the Newark campus of Rutgers University, specializing in English literature.
The On-Line Books Page
An index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet.
Project Gutenberg
Fine literature digitally republished.Online Magazines
Internet Public Library Magazine Links
Online magazines, journals and e-zines grouped by subject.
Serials in Cyberspace
Annotated list of links to electronic magazines and journals on the WWW. Some have access restricted.Online Poetry
Academy of American Poets
Find American poets and poems and information on regional poetry and events.
American Verse Project
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry. Searchable.
Gumball Poetry
A non-profit literary magazine that publishes poetry (and art) into gumball machines and onto the web.
Poetry Night
Find local poets and the poems they read Monday night at Fantasia Coffee's poetry readings in Bellingham
Poetry Archives @emule
An educational resource to aid students, educators, and the curious.
Poetry 180
" a poem a day for American high schools" from the Library of Congress.
Poetry Slam Online
All about the art of the slam
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