4uReaders
A super site for readers aged 11-16. The site divides into three separate sections to appeal to different audiences within the age group.
>http://www.4ureaders.net/welcomev2/
Ask Chris
>http://askchris.essexcc.gov.uk/welcome.asp
Select your favourite kind of read from the various themes listed. If you are
new to reading try Quick Reads. All suggestions have reader reviews. To add
a review for a particular book, use Advanced Search by Author/Title.
BookCrossing
>http://bookcrossing.com/
Have you found a book that has been released into the wild? Then register it
here! Alternatively, browse the site for ideas as to what to read next. This
international site is for book lovers everywhere.
Bookbrowser
>http://www.bookbrowser.com/
Provides fiction reading lists as well as book reviews, forthcoming titles,
and author information.
Book Sleuth
Is there a special book that you read, or
perhaps had read to you, at some point in your life but you can't
remember the author and title?
Perhaps you know the plot, or a character, or maybe
even what the front cover looks like.
BookSleuth is here to help you find that book!
Simply post a short description of what you can remember here on our
board. Visitors from all over the world will read your post, and one
of them is bound to know exactly what you're talking about and post
a response.
Not missing anything? Why not see if you can help
anyone else find their long-lost books?
>http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/BookSleuth/
Bookspot
>http://www.bookspot.com/
A basic guide to book-related resources on the web including pages on what
to read, genre corner, where to buy, authors, publishers, literary criticism,
discussion groups, book associations and book events.
Good Book Guide
>http://www.thegoodbookguide.com/
Magazine website. Includes features from the magazine: articles, interviews,
reviews, information on authors, as well as book ordering facilities.
If You Like
>http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Guides/IfYouLike/
Provides loads of suggestions for titles and authors to read if you already
like something in particular and want to try something new, e.g. authors who
write like Dick Francis or Joanna Trollope, and books similar to Harry Potter
or The Horse Whisperer. Also provides thematic lists of titles.
If You Like (KPL)
>http://www.kpl.org/fyl_you_like.shtml
Another site offering suggestions of similar authors to try if you like one
in particular. Not a very extensive list, but useful where relevant. Authors
include the likes of Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Helen Fielding, John Grisham & Stephen
King.
Internet Book Information Centre
>http://www.internetbookinfo.com/
News and views for book-lovers including what not to read!
Reader2reader
>http://www.reader2reader.net/
This site offers opportunities for readers to contribute their comments about books and to get recommendations from others. The site features the very popular Bin a Book section where readers can consign the over-hyped, the over-rated and the downright bad.
What Are You Up To Tonight?
A site aimed at 16-25 year olds. Do you want to stay in or go out? Perhaps you would like a Blind Date. This site will help you to choose the perfect book.
>http://www.whatareyouuptotonight.com/welcome.asp
What's Next?
>http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp
Have you read the first book in a trilogy and want to know the titles of the
other two? This is an extremely useful site which helps to identify adult fiction
in series.
Whichbook
>http://www.whichbook.net
This is the new version of Book Forager, the site designed to find books to
match your mood. Do you want happy or sad, funny or serious, conventional or
weird, romantic or realistic, short or long? You can also make preferences
for character, plot and setting, as well as restricting searches to audiobooks
and large print formats.