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Book News and Reviews

Book Review Sites

• The New York Times Book Reviews
• The Guardian Books - Reviews and commentary.
• Bookreporter.Com - Book news, reviews, and author interviews.
• Book Riot - Reviews and articles.
• The Millions - Reviews and news of the world of books.
• BookLoons - This site features reviews of books from a number of different genres and for readers of all ages.
• Book Page - Reviews of books and ebooks.
• Publishers Weekly - Online magazine of book publishers and book sellers. Much of the site is now only available to subscribers.
• Bookmarks Magazine - Reviews of new books and articles on authors.
• Mystery Novel Reviews - If you are a great reader of mystery novels, you will find more reviews here.
• History Book Reviews - From Kirkus Reviews.
• Book Series in Order - For those of you who wish to read books in the order in which they were published.
• How Four Magazines You've Probably Never Read Determine What Books You Buy - This is an article from Slate by Adele Waldman. It discusses how the reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Booklist have an inpact on the sale of books.
• Arts Journal - Daily news from the worlds of art, music, media, and publishing.

Social Networking Sites for Readers

• Library Thing. - I like Library Thing where you may keep a record of the books you own, review books, and interact with other readers.
• Good Reads - A social networking sites for readers.

Reading Challenges

• The 2023 Master List of Reading Challenges - Pick one that looks like fun.
• 2023 Challenges: The Ultimate List- From Cover to Cover
• Book Riot's Read Harder Reading Challenge 2021

Online Books and e-Book Readers

• The Best e-Book Readers 2023 - An article from PC Mag.com, November 16, 2021
• List of e-Book Readers - from Wikipedia.
• The Libby App - Use this app to borrow ebooks from your public library. I love it.
• Just Free Books - A search engine for free e-books.
• Many Books - A very good source of free e-books for your reader.
• Google Book Search - An essential site for readers seeking books.

Literary Humor and Miscellany

• The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - where WWW means "Wretched Writers Welcome".
• Book-A-Minute Classics - The classics ultra-condensed into a one minute version.
• Best Titles Ever! - Government documents with interesting/strange/intriguing titles. A few examples: Elder Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation: Are We Doing Enough?, National Money Laundering Strategy, State-of-the- Art Dummy Selection, and Do You Know Oatmeal?.

Bookstores

• BookWeb - The American Booksellers Association site.
• Alibris - Online bookstore for rare and out-of-print books.
• Amazon.com
• Barnes & Noble

Please do not write to the author of this page requesting that your wonderful book store or book price comparison site be added. It is just not going to happen.

This site is maintained by Linda Bertland, school librarian, Philadelphia, PA. Please address any comments, additions, or corrections to info@sldirectory.com