Cozy-Mystery List

Cozy Mystery List http://www.cozy-mystery.com/ An alphabetical list of authors with brief summaries of each book. Useful for identifying the “next in the series” mysteries.

Literary Fiction

A Guide to Literary Fiction: http://www.conknet.com/~fullerlibrary/ReadersAdvisory/ A%20GUIDE%20TO%20LITERARY%20FICTION.htm This web site has a good discussion about the genre of literary fiction. It lists both print and online resources about the genre. This site also has an annotated lists of titles.

Metacritic: A Multi Media Review Site

Metacritic http://www.metacritic.com This web site was selected as a “Best free reference web site” by the Reference and User Services Association of ALA. It has reviews of DVD’s, Music and books. The book reviews are pulled from the major media outlets and coverage is extensive. This is a “commercial site” and there is a lot of advertising on the site. The book reviews include both fiction and nonfiction.

***As of Dec, 2007, Metacritic will no longer add book reviews to this site.  They state that they will do a book occasionally.  You can still get reviews of older titles. KLM (2/11/2008)