RECREATIONAL READING: Recommended and Award Winning Books

Social book site invites you to "meet your next favorite book."

Shelfari bills itself as "a community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers.' Its most distinctive feature is a very comprehensive list of book series.

Allows you to catalog your personal library and share information about books with others.

Find books according to topic, genre, location, time frame, setting or character

Just type in a title or an author's name to get recommendations for similar books or authors.

Book reviews, book awards, online texts, reading lists, author and publisher information, book stores, book news, book events and more

Book Report Network offers reviews, author profiles, and other features.

A series of brief video reviews on the Barnes and Noble web site.

Audio reviews from NPR.

Sponsored by the Tattered Cover Book Store

This "resource for ravenous readers" offers annotated lists of books receiving at least one starred review from one of four major review sources: Booklist, Kirkus, LJ and PW. The review source assigns the star.

List created by Neil Hollands at Blogging for a Good Book at Williamsburg Regional Library.

A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books.

Over 5000 Historical Novels Listed by Time and Place. Website is maintained by a writer in Portland, Oregon.

An online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003.