Book Club Planner and List of Titles with Reading Guides

Essential Book Club Planner http://www.bookmovement.com Book Clubs can register on this site and use it to manage their administrative details.  This site also has lists of titles selected by book clubs. These titles include reading guides.

Williamsburg Regional Library

WRL BOOKWEB http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/ A web site with resources for readers. Included is the online RA service, “Looking for a Good Book?” The reader completes a profile and a WRL librarian selects titles based on the profile.

Other Resources

 

Bookletters http://newtonfreelibrary.net Available on your library’s home page. Features current fiction and nonfiction titles. Bestseller lists, awards’ lists. Includes adult, teens and children’s titles. Has an e-mail alert feature to help you keep up with what’s new. Coming soon to the Winchester Public Library.

Librarians Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org
Web sites related to topics in literature evaluated and selected by librarians

Novelist http://www.winpublib.org Library database. Some features: find similar books, author read a likes, describe a plot, book discussion guides, book reviews by title. Covers adult, teen and children’s titles.

Readers Advisory Link Farm
http://www.jackflannel.org/ra.html
Extensive list of links to RA resources compiled by a Library Science professor.

 

Young Adult Readers’ Advisory Resources

No Flying/No Tights http://www.noflyingnotights.com/index2.html “A web site reviewing graphic novels for teens”. This is a very colorful site with lots of graphic novel book reviews.

Read On Young Adult Resources from the Hennepen County Library (MN) http://www.hclib.org/teens/read.cfm
Books reviews by teens and other YA resources

Reading Rants http://www.readingrants.org/Booklists for teens maintained and updated by a YA librarian. Lists are added or updated every two months.

Teen Reading Resources from the Downers Grove Public Library (ILL)
http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/teencentral/index.html
Book Reviews by teens and teen picks

Young Adult Books Central http://www.yabookscentral.com Site maintained by a YA author and book reviewer. Up to date book reviews, some written by teens.

Classics

Classic Novels (Cincinnati Public Library, Ohio) http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/booklists/?id=classics    comprehensive list of classic novels.

Timeless Classics http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/timeless.htmlBooklist organized by age group developed by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The list for grade 9-12 is suitable for adults as well.

Prepublication Announcements

Buzz Girl http://bookpagebuzz.blogspot.com/ “A Publishing Insider gets “the Skinny” on Tomorrows Bestsellers”. Pre-publication information on popular authors and subjects.

Library Journal PrepubAlert http://www.libraryjournal.com
In the Collection Development section of this E-Journal.