Let's Cook: If you are interesting in food shows featuring celebrity chefs/cooks like Julia Child, Paula Deen, or Rachael Ray, or movies related to food and cooking, here is a list of materials you can place on hold. OR National Public Radio's 10 Best Cookbooks of 2009.10 Most Romantic Books of All Time , Books Made Into Movies, Classics, Cooking, Female Detectives, Gardening
Teen: Horror Fiction Part 1, Part 2, Mysteries, Popular Series, Realistic Fiction
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Allreaders.com : Provides detailed book reviews about sci-fi/fantasy, mystery/thriller, literature, romance, biography and history.
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Best Seller books from New York Times and Publishers Weekly
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Book Browse by Janet Lawson. An excellent site for finding books in series, read-a-likes and book reviews.
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Chicago Public Library's Book Review & Reader's Advisory Resources
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Children's Book Award Winners by the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC).
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Fiction-L on the Webrary Developed and maintained by the Morton Grove Public Library staff here in the Chicago suburbs, Fiction_L is a maillist to which thousands of reader’s advisory librarians across the world subscribe. When a librarian is looking for a particular type of book a “call” goes out to the maillist and other librarians respond with suggestions. The original sponsor compiles the list and it is added to the collection for anyone's perusal. This site is highly recommended.
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Genreflecting by Diana Tixier Herald. Ever wonder what to read next? This is a guide to genre fiction.
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Lair : reviews graphic novels for older teens and adults.
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Mystery blogs : Reviewing the Evidence, Crime Fiction Dossier, and Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind.
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Novelist Online database (on our Research Databases page)
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Overbooked specializes in fiction information, but also offers author web pages, "best of" reading lists, and reader's advisory resources on what to read next.
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Readers' Advisory by State Library of Tasmania.
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Skokie Public Library Reader's Advisory page provides links to additional sites for fiction lovers of all genres and book reviews and booklists from staff members.
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Teen Book Reviews Website from Young Adult Library Services Association. Also, check out Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! and No Flying, no tights! : a graphic novel review site for teens.
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Thriller Writer Blog : Killeryear.
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What's Next: Find out what title comes next in adult fiction series.