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The following sources for finding good reads include web sites, email newsletters and book excerpts that you can sign up to receive, online databases, and thematic lists. The latter are listed as PDF files, which require the Acrobat Reader to view. You can download the Acrobat Reader free from the Adobe web site, if it is not already installed on your computer
If you discover titles you would like to read that are not owned by libraries in the, we will be happy to try to obtain them for you via Interlibrary loan.
800-CEO-READ specializes in providing business and technical titles to corporations, universities and MBA-programs, small businesses, as well as individual book buyers.
AcqWeb’s Directory of Book Reviews on the WebThis site provides a collection of hundreds of links to web pages with book reviews. The links are grouped by categories.
African-American Authors (PDF) A listing of novels, poetry, plays, short stories and biographies, written by African-American authors, that are available in the collection of the Racine Public Library. African-American Literature Book Club AALBC.com is a recognized source of critical reviews of books by and about African American Authors. It is also the highest ranked, most frequently visited web site dedicated African American literature. Amazon.com The online retailer of books, CDs, videos, DVDs, toys and games, electronics, kitchenware, computers, and more.
Bestseller Lists: 1900—1995A decade-by-decade listing of best-selling books, as listed in Publisher’s Weekly.
Book Group Favorites (PDF)An annotated listing of the titles that the Racine Public Library book discussion groups have enjoyed. These titles are available at the library, and this list is updated each year in June.
BookBrowse selects from the most interesting current books and provides you with multiple reviews and a substantial excerpt from each.
BookBrowserBookBrowser is a site dedicated to reading. It offers fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more. BookBrowser was designed to help avid fiction readers and authors find each other.
BooklettersBookletters is an email newsletter that alerts you to new titles the library has purchased, which fit the criteria of the categories of reading materials that you select when you sign up for this service. The Booklist CenterThis site bills itself as the Web’s largest selection of booklists. As of January 20, 2003, they had 307 booklists in 65 categories. They include lists prepared by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award-winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present.
BookPage: America's Book ReviewThis compilation of book reviews and interviews with authors is also available in print in the Adult Services Department of the Racine Public Library. Bookwireonline portal into the book industry. Provides book enthusiasts with author biographies and interviews, book statistics and reviews, and an events calendar.
Children’s
Children's book examination center and research library of UW-Madison's
Christian Fiction (PDF) A selection of the many novels with Christian themes in the Racine Public Library collection.
DearReader.com (formerly Chapter-A-Day)Sign up for this free service, and every day you will receive an email with part of a chapter from a book. The emails take about 5 minutes to read. You will receive two or three chapters from each book. As you find titles that you want to complete, you can check them out at the library. You may join any of the 11 “clubs:” fiction, nonfiction, business, good news, romance, teen, mystery, science fiction, prepub, audio and horror.
Desk Reference 500-Information on Dozens of Topics Fiction Discussion ListsThis page has links to listserv sites where you can discuss various types of fiction with others who enjoy similar books.
Fiction LFiction_L is an electronic mailing list devoted to topics such as book discussions, book talks, book- lists and bibliographies, and a wide variety of other topics of interest to librarians, book discussion leaders and others with an interest in reader's advisory. Fiction lovers worldwide are also welcome to join the discussion, which covers all aspects of reader's advisory for children, young adults and adults, including nonfiction materials. Many discussion topics on Fiction_L result in compilations of books on a particular theme, authors with similar styles, etc., which are listed on this web site.
General Read Alike Booklists
Genre Fiction Web SitesThis page provides links to sites that specialize in historical fiction, horror, mysteries, romance, science fiction and fantasy, and westerns.
Hennepin County Public Librarys "If You Like" DatabaseThe “If You Like.....” database links readers to fiction books they might enjoy. You may use the file in either of two ways: searching by keyword, using an author's name or a theme, or browsing a complete list of the “If You Like...” subject categories.
New York Times Best Seller List Literary AwardsLinks to pages listing award winners in a variety of categories and genres, compiled by the Morton Grove Public Library, IL.
NoveList This is a list of the books that Oprah recommended in her original book club, with listing of other titles that are similar. All titles listed are available at the Racine Public Library.
Publisher’s Weekly The international news magazine of book publishing and bookselling. www.publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com
First Lady Jessica Doyle's online book club for children and teens, ages 0 - 18
Reading Group ChoicesThis is an annotated suggestion of books that lend themselves to good discussions. This site can be searched by topic. It also includes tips for starting and running a book discussion group.
Subject Lists for FictionThis site, sponsored by the Halton Hills Public Library, has lists of novels arranged alphabetically by subjects, such as action/adventure, country life, humor, sea stories, vampires, etc.
What’s Next: Books in Series"What's Next" helps you search adult fiction in series. A "series" is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits. (Sponsored by the
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