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North Carolina
Read North Carolina Novels - A guide to recent fiction set in North Carolina. Compiled by the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill.
General
Based on the Book - List of selected books that have been made into movies
Bestseller Lists 1900-1995
BookBrowser - “the guide for avid readers”
Booklists - Many book list categories from Springfield Public Library
Bookreporter.com - The Book Report Network helps readers find their next good book with thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more every week.
Celebrity Reading Lists - Find out your favorite celebrity's favorite books and authors.
Modern Library’s 100 Best Books
The New York Times Book Review
Novelist - Available through NC-LIVE, assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.
Oprah’s Book Club
Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information
Reading Group Choices - Discussion guides and recommendations for book club
What's Next - Kent District Library's "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.
African American Authors
African American Literature Book Club - articles and reviews, as well as content and links on authors in many categories...
QBR.com: the Black Book Review Online - African American Authors and books are featured in book reviews, interviews, and a readers' forum
Children's and Teen's Books
Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Booksellers
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
Books-a-Million
Borders
HedgeHog Books
Online Magazines
Booklist
Bookpage
R.R. Bowker’s Bookwire - a comprehensive and thorough online information source about the book industry
Library Journal
Publisher’s Weekly - The online version of the International News Magazine for Book Publishing and Bookselling
Literary Criticism, Study Guides and Author Information
Anglistik Guide - An alphabetic list of author-specific sites and bibliographic sources
The Gale Group Literary Index - a master index to the major literature series published by Gale and provided through NC-LIVE.
Inter-Play - an on-line index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - Shakespeare’s works, life and times, criticism, and more...
SparkNotes - online, free study guides to classic literature
YA Author and Illustrator Biography Pages