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American Library Association's Booklist

Every year ALA reviews nearly 4,000 books for adults, more than 2,500 titles for children, more than 500 reference books and electronic reference tools, and 1,000 other audiovisual materials.  Also a wide variety of feature articles including author interviews, bibliographies, book-related essays by well-known writers, and a selection of columns.

Bookbrowser's Guide for Avid Readers

Offers fiction reading lists, book reviews, forthcoming titles, author information and much more.  Discuss your favorite books, ask questions, and share your knowledge.

Dark Echo Horror Web

Market, genre, online, and publishing news as well as reviews and information for horror writers and avid fans of dark fiction. 

Libbybooks' Booklist

Lists top selling books by genre.

Library Journal Digital's Hot Picks

Selected fiction reviews from Library Journal

The Mystery Reader

Sister site to The Romance Reader.  Hundreds of book reviews for your mystery reading pleasure, plus author interviews, mystery news, and much more.

Oprah's Book Club

Book recommended by talk-show host Oprah Winfrey.

Oprahlikes

Books that Oprah has recommended and other books that are similar in theme or style.

Reader's Advice  

A site containing both author and genre indexes and lists. An easy to use site administrated by an retired librarian with "a team of current and former librarians in various parts of the United States."

The Romance Reader

Sister site to The Mystery Reader.  Hundreds of book reviews for your romance reading pleasure, plus author interviews, news, and much more.

The SF Site  

Twice a month since July 1997, the SF Site has posted a mixture of book reviews, opinion pieces, author interviews, fiction excerpts, author and publisher reading lists and a variety of other features. Plus a comprehensive list of links to author and fan tribute sites, SF conventions, SF TV and movies, magazines and e-zines, writer resources, publishers and small press sites and many other SF resources. 

Western Writers of America

Western Writers of America, Inc., was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the western field. Today it has over 500 members who write everything from mainstream fiction to local history.

Word of Mouth  

Word of Mouth, published monthly in Library Journal, is a reader's advisory service for patrons.