Amazon.com
(review excerpts from the major library review journals, plus extensive
reader reviews; excellent general resource
BarnesandNoble.com
(more complete presentation of editorial reviews than Amazon, but
fewer reader comments; excellent general resource)
Overbooked:
a resource for readers (focuses on timely lists of the "hottest"
and most well-reviewed titles in a wide range of genres, plus unusual
themed and read-alike lists)
What's
next? Books in Series (The Kent District Library (MI) has compiled
the most comprehensive and easy-to-use source for information on
books in series, for both adult and children's books)
Fiction_L
booklists (site of superb themed book lists; compiled since
1995 by a group of public librarians in the Midwest)
The
New York Times Book Review (complete daily and Sunday book reviews
since 1981 are available on the website, along with the annual Best
Books and Notable Books lists since 1997, the influential New York
Times Bestsellers Lists, etc.)
The
New York Review of Books (the country's "premier" literary-intellectual
magazine provides in-depth reviews on books related to political
and cultural issues of the day; the current issue is available online,
as are the complete archives of the magazine, some of which can
be accessed without charge; don't miss the David Levine Gallery
of caricatures
Kirkus
Reviews (a prepublication review journal founded by the late
Redding resident Virginia Kirkus Glick; some Kirkus reviews available
online on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble sites; print edition available
at library)
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