Best of the Web: Adult Fiction
Bestsellers and Awards
An up-to-date listing of New York Times best-selling titles and major literary awards. Titles all link directly to the Library catalog, for your convenience.
Featuring the Book Sense Bestseller List -- now running in more than a dozen newspapers as well as monthly in U.S. News and World Report and on CSPAN -- and Book Sense Picks -- a monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers.
Book Groups
Reading Group Choices selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups. The company produces a printed guide annually that is distributed nationally to libraries, reading groups, book stores, community book festivals, and individuals. Its popular website offers interesting, informative, fun, and interactive material of interest to book clubs.
ReadingGroupGuides.com is the first website built especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever.
Book News and Blogs
The self-proclaimed "first word on the book publishing industry" is written by Ron Hogan, an independent observer of the book industry who consults for companies and individual authors on publishing- related issues.
Sarah Statz Cords, the author of The Real Story: A Guide to Nonfiction Reading Interests, writes this entertaining blog featuring reviews of (mostly) nonfiction titles.
All the latest book news and reviews from the Deerfield Public Library.
Fiction
The Book Report Network provides 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.
Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information. Overbooked Originals include author web pages, annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of hard cover US fiction releases.
Horror
For fans of horror novels, the HWA website lists new releases from its members and presents the Bram Stoker awards yearly for outstanding horror writing. Also a great resource for aspiring horror writers.
A source for readers of all ages to find reviews and upcoming releases of excellent horror fiction.
Mystery
The place to go for lists of new mystery fiction releases and detailed information on hundreds of mystery bookstores, organizations, events, and authors.
Includes Mystery Testimony: Articles and Essays by top writers; resources for Mystery Awards, Mystery Events, Mystery Organizations; and Teaching Mysteries: Mystery Lesson Plans.
Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books, listing over 2,400 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 28,000 titles), both series and non-series.
Recommendations
NoveList (click here from home)
NoveList (click here from a Library computer)
This subscription database contains information about thousands of books, including read-alikes, reviews, book group guides, and more. Full-text searching makes it easier to find a favorite book when you've forgotten a title, but it's right on the tip of your tongue.
If you don't know where to start, this site provides a lot of suggestions. Browse the latest bestsellers for similar titles, look up an author and get a list of similar books, or browse by genre.
Reviews
The online version of the Chicago newspaper Sunday book section includes updated book news and reviews throughout the week.
The online version of the Chicago newspaper Saturday book section includes updated book news and reviews throughout the week.
Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/DVDs, books, music, television and games and shows the critical consensus at a glance by taking a weighted average of critic grades.
On this online book review site, reviewers read and share their opinions and discoveries of literary gems and top-notch genre novels.
Find book reviews & news from the Sunday Book Review on new books, best-seller lists, fiction, non-fiction, literature, and children’s books.
The literary section of Salon features book reviews, interviews, columnists and publishing news.
Romance
The very latest news and reviews of romance novels with over 7,000 candid reviews of romantic fiction.
The online version of the Romantic Times Book Reviews magazine providing reviews, book news and gossip, author interviews and profiles, and resources for aspiring romance writers.
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series
A book information site specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and romance books and authors.
Developed and maintained by the Kent District Library, the What's Next database helps you search series fiction. A series is defined as two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.
Social Libraries
See what your friends are reading. Keep track of what you've read and organize your book lists into shelves.
LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily. Because everyone catalogs together, LibraryThing also connects people with the same books, comes up with suggestions for what to read next, and so forth.
Shelfari encourages readers to share their literary inclinations and passions with peers, friends, and total strangers. Their mission is to enhance the experience of reading by connecting readers in meaningful conversations about the published word.
Young Adult
This interactive site features book lists and book reviews for teens and allows teens to respond to reviews as well as write their own.
Over 1,400 reading lists compiled by librarians organized by subject, theme, values, age, similar reads and more.
A division of the American Library Association, YALSA provides lists of award-winning books, as well as recommended reading lists for reluctant readers, college bound teens, audiobooks, graphic novels and more.


