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BOOKS & PUBLISHING

About Books
Book Reviews
Booksellers
eBooks
Readers' Links

About Books

Based on the Book
A compilation of over 800 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures since 1980.

Bestseller Lists
Lists of the current top-selling hardcover, paperback, audio and children's books from Publishers Weekly.

BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers

BookSense
Find the books that independent booksellers across the USA are recommending.

Bookslut
Bookslut is a monthly web magazine and daily blog dedicated to those who love to read. Includes news, reviews, commentary, insight, and more than occasional opinions.

BookSpot
A free resource center that features the best book-related content on the web, including bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and more.

Bookwire
Comprehensive information about the publishing industry.

The Fiction_L Booklists
Find recommended books by genre, setting, theme, and more, provided by the Morton Grove Public Library.

If You Like...
This database links readers to fiction books they might enjoy. Search by author name or theme or browse a list of subject categories.

Library Journal's PrePub Alert
Find out what's scheduled for publication over the next few months.

Literature Awards Winners
A listing of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, children's literature, poetry, science fiction, horror, drama, mystery, fantasy, etc. Search by award or category.

Massachusetts Center for the Book
Lists winners of the annual Massachusetts Book Award (in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children's literature).

Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Search
Want to find a great mystery? Search for Edgar Award winners and nominees back to 1946.

Overbooked
A Web site for ravenous readers, specializing in literary and genre fiction (i.e. mystery, romance, science fiction) information.

Prison Book Program
A grassroots organization that sends free books to prisoners, located at the United First Parish Church in Quincy.

The Ultimate Teen Reading List

Web Sites for Book Lovers

What's Next
Search adult fiction books in series. A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.

Book Reviews

Amazon

The Complete Review

Directory of Book Reviews on the Web

New York Times Book Review

Reviews of Books

Booksellers

AddALL Book Search & Price Comparison
Search and compare prices on new and used books at over 40 different online booksellers.

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Bibliofind
Used and rare books.

Bookfinder
New, used, rare and out-of-print books.

Library Book Sales
Great deals on great books...and help your public libraries at the same time! Find and purchase rare, collectible and quality books that have been donated to public libraries.

SearchBiblio
A metasearch engine for new, used, rare and out-of-print books; searches the holdings of many online booksellers and listing services simultaneously.

eBooks

eBook Locater

eBook.com



Last Modified: April 15, 2008
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