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Selected Free Readers' Advisory Websites

A special thanks to Joyce Saricks, National Readers' Advisory Service speaker and writer, for the initial list.

Have a new recommendation or notice a broken link for one of the websites? Please Contact Valerie Osborne, Northeastern Maine Library District consultant.

Websites

AllReaders.com: Primarily Fiction, with Biography and History genres the only nonfiction sections. Search by author to find reviews.
Amazon.com: Bibliographic information, as well as published review and customer comments on a wide range of titles. Genres lists, including best sellers by genre, and book discussion questions.
Amazon.com's Movers and Shakers: What's hot!
Adult Reading Round Table: Genre study notes, annotated booklists, and more.
Authors on the web: Author news, websites, bibliographies, and more
Baker & Taylor's Fast Facts: Weekly email notification of new books and publicity
Barnesandnoble.com: Information similar to Amazon's
BookBrowse.com: Current fiction and nonfiction by author, title, and genre. Also ratings (critical and member), book discussion guides, best sellers, and "Favorite Book" award winners
BookSpot.com: Portal site for hundreds of book-related sites, including best sellers lists, award winners, and assorted reading lists
Dear Reader: Formerly Chapter-a-Day offers a variety of fiction and nonfiction book clubs.
Entertainment Weekly Book Page: Keep up-to-date on popular culture; Fiction_l (subscribe through Morton Grove webrary below) Premiere readers' advisory mail list.
Gnooks: Provides an opportunity to find reading suggestions and readalikes
IndieBound (formerly known as Book Sense): Titles promoted in independent book stores
Library Journal Best Sellers and PrePub alert: Most popular books in libraries, based on contributions from reporting US libraries and advance notice of popular titles.
Library Booklists and Bibliographies: Links to more than 1400 library booklists and readalike lists, fiction and nonfiction.
National Public Radio: Check both the Books and Arts and Culture sections
Overbooked: Self-proclaimed website for "ravenous" readers. Reviews, links, and lists galore.
Readers Advice: Offers author biographies and subject-based similar authors
Readers Advisory Link Farm: Project of University of Indiana library school
Reading Group Choices: Fiction and nonfiction reviews and discussion guides
Reading Group Guides: Fiction and nonfiction discussion guides
What's Next?: Best guide to series order. Not annotated but access by author, title, or series title.