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Readers' Advisory

  • Adult Reading Round Table - Genre Studies

    Developing Readers Advisory skills and promoting reading for pleasure through public libraries in the Chicago metropolitan area

  • Overbooked

    A resource for readers- providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction

  • Reader's Robot

    A reader's advisory service from Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System, Kamloops, B.C. CANADA. Search the database using “appeal” factors.

  • What's Next

    Search adult fiction in series. From the Kent District Library in Comstock Park, MI.

  • AKA - Also Known As

    Author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, etc.

  • refdesk.com

    Lists of award-winning books

  • Morton Grove WEBRARY Reader's Services

    The Fiction Archives discussion list on Readers' Advisory from Morton Grove Public Library (IL)

  • Morton Grove Reader's Corner Book List

    A collection of titles, usually with brief summaries, for reference, instruction or entertainment

  • Morton Grove FictionL

    Fiction_L is an electronic mailing list devoted to reader's advisory topics such as book discussions, booktalks, collection development issues, booklists and bibliographies, and a wide variety of other topics of interest to librarians, book discussion leaders, and others with an interest in reader's advisory

  • Readers Advisory Link Farm

    Reading guides, Read-a-Like lists, Series information, Genre lists, Online reviews, Other readers’ resources

  • Fantastic Fiction

    An intriguing site listing bibliographies of over 10,000 authors and short descriptions of over 200,000 titles. Also lists award winning and forthcoming titles

  • Book Discussion Groups – Professional Tips

    Tips for libraries from the American Library Association on organizing and running a book discussion group.

  • Book Group Buzz

    Blog on book discussion group topics. Links to other resources. Subscription, but some content is free.

    • See also Readers' Corner