Books & Reading Resources

The Arts & Letters Daily from the Chronicle of Higher Education

The Atlantic Online - Books & Critics
Book-related features, interviews and reviews. You can also search the archives back to 1857 for selected articles. For 1995 or later articles, the archive is complete.

AuthorsOntheWeb.com  Author profiles, appearances and titles with some discussion guide

Booklist
Reviews of many new books, plus lists of read-alikes and Editor's Choices. Published by the American Library Association.

BookPage
Book reviews, features and author interviews.

BookWire
Links to Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and many other book review sources. Lists author tours, bestsellers and featured titles.

Book Spot   Great site for book lists, discussion guides and tips, publishers, other categories

Bookreporter.com   Reviews and excerpts of today’s best books, author interviews, and reading guides

The Boston Book Review
Book revews, essays, interviews, plus original fiction and poetry.

Classic Books (Center for the Book in the Library of Congress)


CompleteReview.com:  An international source for book reviews

Elements of Fiction (Perspectives in American Literature

January Magazine

Los Angeles Times Books & Talks
Book news, reviews and L.A. Times bestsellers.

Nancy Pearl's Blog

New York Review of Books (Index coverage going back to 1963)

The New York Times Book Section

NoveList Plus  (requires login with H-WPL library card

NPR Books

Oprah's Book Club

Overbooked.org

Resource Center for Book Groups   selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups

Reading Group Guides  Great source for book groups—discussion questions, author biographies, how-to’s , etc.

Spark Notes

Wall Street Journal Books

QBR: The Black Book Review Online
Reviews of nonfiction, fiction and poetry by African American authors, plus features and The QBR Sacred 100, a list of 100 essential African American books.

The Times Literary Supplement
Book reviews, essays, original poetry and more from one of the world's most authoritative literary reviews.

Washington Post Book World
Book reviews plus Chapter 1, a feature that presents the first chapter of selected new books, and Washington Post Book Club, a monthly book discussion forum.  Free Registration required.

Publishers’ Web Sites: book club resources