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Fiction searching with NoveList
Enter a favorite author or title to find similar books, browse book lists, get book discussion guides, articles, and author interviews.

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New & Noteworthy at the Library
Lists of recently received audiobooks, award-winning fiction and non-fiction

Reading lists on the web & other resources

General Advice

Good Reads for Everybody
Books selected by librarians at Sonoma County Library for kids, teens, and adults

Staff Picks
By genre, from the Des Plaines public library.

Readers' Advisory
Good general site from Fresno Public Library.

Reader's Robot
Reviews by genre.

Bookspot
Lots of information, reviews, lists, awards for all kinds of readers.

Who Reads What?
Celebrities list their favorite books.

Book Hive
Book reviews for kids up to 12 years old.

If You Liked This...


If you liked this
Database of like titles from Hennepin Public Library.

If you Like...
A guide to finding more of what you already like, from Christchurch City Libraries in New Zealand.

Book Forager
A very clever search engine allows you to select many different variables (such as safe/frightening, conventional/weird, bleak/optimimstic) to find just the sort of read you like.

Books for Special Interests


SAWNET
Books by and about South Asian women.

Black Caucus Literary Awards
The American Library Association's Black Caucus's annual awards for excellence in adult fiction and nonfiction by African American authors, as well as the recognition of a first novelist, and a as a citation for Outstanding Contribution to Publishing.

Berkeley Public's Cover to Cover Teen Services
Reviews from the Summer Reading program, written by teens for teens.

SciFan
A searchable database of both in print and out of print titles in science fiction.

All About Romance
This site is created by dedicated romance readers and is searchable by keyword.

Literary Magazines and Book Reviews

Magazine articles
a large database of journal and newspaper articles which include book reviews, author interviews and news stories about literature. (Sonoma County Library card number required to reach this from home)

Newspaper articles
contains reviews, news stories or interviews in the major national newspapers. (Sonoma County Library card number required to reach this from home)

Book Reporter

New York Times Book Review

New York Review of Books

Atlantic Monthly

Salon.com Book Reviews

Washington Post BookWorld

Books Page
More review sources can be found on our books page.

Literary Awards


Literature Awards
Comprehensive listing of many awards.

Caldecott Award
For children's books.

Information about Authors


Gale Literature Resource Series
includes Contemporary Authors and Contemporary Literary Criticism as well as Authors Series from Twayne and Scribner's. The best resource for authoritative biographical information and good bibliographies of books by and about a specific author. (You will need your library barcode to use this outside the library).

Authors on the Web
Bibliographies and interviews with featured authors.

Book Discussion Groups

Book groups at Sonoma County Library
Books and discussion times at your local branch of the library.

Reading Group Choices.com
Information on all aspects of starting, leading, or participating in book groups.

Reading Group Guides
Site devoted to discussion topics for book groups.

Oprah's Book Club
Information on Oprah's selections.