Books

  • AbeBooks: The world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books.
  • Alibris: Specializes in hard-to-find books, manuscripts, maps, photos, prints, and autographs.
  • Amazon: New and used books, audio books, videos, music.
  • Armchair Interviews: "Connecting authors to their readers." Book reviews and more.
  • Barnes and Noble: New books, ebooks, college textbooks, out-of-print books, magazines…
  • BookBrowse: Provides a substantial excerpt of each and every recommended book. Multiple reviews from newspapers and magazines with no plot-spoilers. Hundreds of author interviews and reading guides.
  • BookFinder: Compare prices on over 150 million books for sale new, used, rare, out of print, international textbooks.
  • Book Page: View author interviews, book buzz and e-newsletters to sign up for or come into the library for the monthly printed newsletter.
  • BookSpot: Everything for the reader: reading lists, award-winning books, an author spotlight section, websites, and a genre corner.
  • Fantastic Fiction: UK site, good resource for finding book series, lists new and forthcoming books.
  • Google Book Search: Previews of books, some full text, book reviews and references to titles from other Internet sites.
  • IndieBound: Features a monthly selection of eclectic new books chosen by independent booksellers. "Indie Bestsellers" is based on in-store sales from hundreds of independent bookstores across America.
  • NPR Books: Listen to broadcasts, or read transcripts of book reviews and interviews with authors.
  • New York Times Best Sellers
  • Reading Group Choices: Offers interesting, informative, fun, and interactive material of interest to book clubs.
  • ReadingGroupGuides: Created especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever.
  • Stop You're Killing Me: A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. It lists over 4200 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 48,000 titles), both series (4900+) and non-series.
  • Social networking sites for readers: Share your love of reading and connect with other readers. (For complete access, these sites require registration.) Goodreads | LibraryThing
  • Talking Information Center Network: Programming for the visually impaired and print impaired, streaming broadcasts and more.