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  • AddALL - a free service that searches for the best deal in books anywhere on-line

  • Advanced Book Exchange - A source for out-of-print books

  • Amazon.com - Information about books and music, including reviews,author interviews

  • Banned Books Online - An exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship

  • Barnes and Noble - New, used, out of print, and rare books, software and magazines for sale online.

  • Bartleby - Public domain books in full text. Choose from fiction, non-fiction, verse.

  • BookPage : America's Book Review - A monthly general interest book review, BookPage covers the best in new releases. In the past 15+ years, BookPage has interviewed everyone from John Grisham to Norman Mailer, and typically reviews up to 100 of each month's new fiction, nonfiction, business, children's, spoken word audio, and how-to books. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries.

  • Book Browser : The Guide for Avid Readers - Fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more.

  • Book Spot - A directory of links to sites about books and reading.

  • Book TV - From the popular TV show on CSPAN-2 from 8:00 AM Saturdays to 8:00 AM Mondays.

  • Book Wire - Timely book industry news, features, reviews, original fiction, guides to literary events, author interviews, thousands of annotated links to book-related sites, and more.

  • BookList Center : The Web's Largest Collection of Booklists - Currently (July 15,2004) 346 book lists in 82 categories. Includes lists prepared by authorities in dozens of fields as well as comprehensive listings of award winning books complete from the first year of the award to the present.

  • Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - Find the most distinguished children's literature with this flexible search tool recommended by School Library Journal.

  • Literary Resources on the Net -Links to sites having to do with (mostly) American and English literature.

  • Literature Awards for fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, children's literature, poetry, science fiction, horror, drama, mystery, fantasy, etc. There are now over 200 Literature Awards listed on this site!

  • Morton Grove Webrary Reader's Services - Sponsored by the Morton Grove (IL) Public Library. Links to web sites for book .

  • Online Literary Criticism Collection - Literary criticism searchable by author, title, or year. 

  • Oprah's Reading Book Club Titles - A comprehensive listing of Oprah Winfrey's book discussion titles.  

  • Project Gutenberg - Download full text of public domain books.

  • Random House - Random House is not only the largest publisher - it has the largest number of discussion guides. This is a good resource for those who want to know what to read next.

  • SFF World - Science Fiction and Fantasy World.