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BookReporter
With
the tagline "where readers and writers click," BookReporter
offers reviews, features, author profiles, a newsletter, and
space for you to post your own reviews.
BookSpot
Good all around site for information about books
and reading.
Everett Public Library Readers' Corner
Serving all your reading needs.
Author Pronunciation Guides
Click on Teaching Books.net to
hear how authors' names are pronounced, or try this
website which uses phonetics to help you with pronunciation.
You Say it How? is a joint project of
the Library of Congress and the Wolfner Library that provides pronunciation for authors and all
kinds of public figures.
Author Pseudonyms
The Mystical Unicorn bookstore has created
this tool to help you find other names your favorite author also writes under (especially strong
for romance writers). The website a.k.a. includes
over 11,000 entries for “author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen
names, noms de plume, maiden names... etc.”
Everett Public Library E-Sources Requires
Everett Public Library card
The library subscribes to electronic resources that cover
hundreds of thousands of authors, including Contemporary
Authors (includes Contemporary Literary Criticism
as well), Literary Reference Center, LitFinder,
Novelist.
Paris Review Interviews, 1950 to
present
"Over 50 years of
literary wisdom rolled up in 300+ Writers-at-Work
interviews."
Internet Public Library - Literary
Criticism
Links to biographies,
criticism, interviews, etc. for over 2,500 authors.
Yahoo Author Pages
Links to tens of thousands of web sites about
authors and their works.
EPL Lists of Award-winning Fiction
Browse major literary award-winners in Everett Public Library's
catalog or print from our printer-friendly lists.
Independent Publisher Book Awards
(IPPY)
Best books of the year
according to the folks at Independent Publisher.
Major Poetry Award Winners
All the major poetry award winners are
here.
Pacific Northwest Bookseller Awards
Annual award recognizing excellence in writing
from the Pacific Northwest.
Washington State Book Awards
"The Washington State Book Award (formerly the
Governor's Writers Award) is given annually for 10 outstanding
books published by Washington authors the previous year."
Bestselling Books of the Year, 1900-1998
The bestselling books for most of the 20th
century, from Cader Books and Publishers Weekly.
Bestselling
Books of the Year, 1996-2006
More bestsellers from
Publishers Weekly.
EPL Newsletters
Sign up to receive monthly email newsletters featuring reviews and recommendations from over twenty
fiction and nonfiction categories.
Indie Bestseller Lists
Current bestselling titles as compiled and reported
by a number of independent bookstores.
New York Times Best Sellers
Current best sellers as listed by The New York Times.
EPL Booklists, Staff Picks
& Award-winners
Everett Public Library's booklists, staff picks and major award-winners.
Fiction_L Booklists
Get fiction reading ideas based on genre,
character, setting, subject, audience, etc.
Notable Books List (from the American Library Association)
The Notable Books Council of the American Library Association
selects "25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction,
and poetry books for the adult reader."
Oprah's Book Club
Read the books Oprah has chosen for her book club.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound
"The books on this list will... open doors to discovery,
knowledge, adventure, and enchantment. They will inspire you
to think about life, universal truths, and the human
experience."
Overbooked
"Overbooked originals include annotated lists of nonfiction,
fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews,
themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of
hard cover US fiction releases."
The Reading List (from the American Library Association)
"The Reading List seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merit special
attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them."
There are many fine blogs on the web for book
lovers. Here are a few of our favorites:
The blogs below provide salient news and
information from the literary and publishing worlds:
Everett Public Library Book Discussion
Group
Click the link to see the schedule for the Main
Library Book Group. We also have multiple copies of select titles in our Book Group
Collection which are available for community book groups to check out.
Book-Clubs-Resource.com
"A comprehensive guide to book clubs, reading
groups and reading group guides."
Reading Group Guides
Guides to keep your book group discussions
lively. Discussion guides for over 1,000 books
Book Review Aggregators
Bookmarks
Magazine
"A bimonthly print magazine, summarizes more
than 500 book reviews a month from more than 50 major
publications. Bookmarks offers the most comprehensive new
book reviews anywhere in print. We also look the classics:
timeless novels, histories, biographies, and more in each
issue." For more from Bookmarks, look for our
print copies in the Main Library magazine collection.
Complete Review
This site emphasizes literary fiction and has
extensive review information for more than 1,800 titles, old
and new. CR also tabulates other review sources for
titles they've covered and offers the weblog The Literary
Saloon.
Overbooked
This
very useful web site specializes in literary and genre
fiction as well as narrative nonfiction. Features include
starred reviews from the major book review sources, "best
of" lists compiled for easy browsing, and a collection of
reader's advisory web sites.
Believer Magazine
"The Believer is a monthly magazine where
length is no object. There are book reviews that are not
necessarily timely, and that are very often very long. There
are interviews that are also very long. We will focus on
writers and books we like."
BookForum
A
bimonthly publication with feature articles, author
interviews, reviews, and more.
BookPage
A monthly
publication with dozens of reviews, interviews, with a
searchable archive.
BookReporter
With
the tagline "where readers and writers click," Bookreporter
offers reviews, features, author profiles, a newsletter, and
space for you to post your own reviews.
Bookslut
"Bookslut
is a monthly web magazine and daily blog dedicated to those
who love to read. We provide a constant supply of news,
reviews, commentary, insight, and more than occasional
opinions."
Context
"Context is a triquarterly publication
intended to create an international and historical context
in which to read modern and contemporary literature. Its
goal is to encourage the development of a literary
community."
Guardian
Unlimited
Book reviews and other links from the
Guardian.
Independent Publisher
Includes highlighted new releases, book
awards, information on getting published, industry news,
feature articles and more.
January Magazine
Includes book reviews, author interviews, and
feature articles.
Nancy Pearl: Book
Lust Forever
The review blog of well-known librarian and
book lover Nancy Pearl.
NewPages
"Good
Reading Starts Here! News, information and guides to
independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary
magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record
labels, alternative newsweeklies and more."
New York Review of Books
A bi-weekly publication, with
thought-provoking reviews and features.
Quarterly Conversation
An online quarterly magazine with feature
articles and reviews of international literary
fiction.
Rain Taxi
"Reviews
of literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with an emphasis
on works that push the boundaries of language, narrative,
and genre."
San Francisco Chronicle - Book
Reviews
Weekly
reviews.
Seattle Print Media – Book pages
The links here will take you directly to the Book pages for these local area publications, where you
can find book reviews, news, reading calendars and more: The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle
Times, The Seattle
Weekly and The Stranger.
Gnooks
Enter an author's name in the Map of Literature to find
similar authors, or try Gnod's Suggestions.
Novelist Requires Everett Public Library card
Novelist helps you find books that will appeal to your particular tastes. It also includes extensive
lists of award-winners, read-alikes, book discussion guides, feature articles, recommended reading, and
teen reading suggestions.
Novelist K-8 is the companion product for elementary and middle school readers.
Whichbook
“Whichbook gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood. Instead
of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, Whichbook starts from the reader and
enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but
don't quite know how to define.”
LibraryThing
Use
LibraryThing's Book Suggester to find books that may be
similar to other titles you've read and enjoyed.
What Should I
Read Next?
"Enter a book you like and the site will
analyse our database of real readers' favourite books (over
32,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next."
AddAll
Search and compare prices across more than 40 online
booksellers.
BookWeb
A directory
of over 4,500 independent bookstores. Search for specialized
bookstores, bookstores by city or ZIP Code, etc. Maintained by
the American Booksellers Association.
NewPages
"Good
Reading Starts Here! News, information and guides to
independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary
magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels,
alternative newsweeklies and more."
Open Books
Poetry-only bookstore in Seattle.
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
"For mystery lovers who know what they want and for those
who haven't a clue..." Featuring all varieties of
crime fiction and true crime.
Crime Fiction
ClueLass Home Page
Find information about new releases in the
Bloodstained Bookshelf, or use the Deadly Directory to find
mystery conventions, organizations, awards, reviews,
newsletters, etc.
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
A blog featuring “crime fiction, and more.”
Crime Fiction Dossier
"Award-losing commentary on books, authors and publishing."
Detectives Beyond Borders: a Forum for International Crime Fiction
"Because murder is more fun away from home."
Historical Mystery Fiction
Great listing of historical mysteries.
Browse by author or era.
International Thriller Writers
This organization represents professional thriller writers from around the world.
Find out about new releases, bestselling and debut authors, thriller awards and more.
The Mystery Reader
Many mystery subcategories are reviewed in a fashion similar to movies -
with star and violence ratings - as well as written
descriptions. Includes author interviews, features, and
links to authors. Coverages seems to be on books releases in
the late 1990s to the present.
The Poisoned Pen Home Page
Includes recommended reading in several
categories from classics to present day, also reviews, links
to other mystery sites, features, news, and upcoming
events.
The Rap Sheet
A group blog focusing on crime fiction.
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
"For mystery lovers who know what they want and for those who haven't a clue..."
Featuring all varieties of crime fiction and true crime.
Stop You’re Killing Me: a website to die for … if you love mysteries
“Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy,
and suspense books. We list over 2,800 authors, with chronological lists of their books
(over 32,000 titles), both series (3,200+) and non-series.”
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction Network
This site offers lots of lists and links for
the reader of historical fiction.
Historical Fiction Online (from The Reader’s Advisor Online)
A List of eighteen historical fiction websites or blogs.
Historical Mystery Fiction
Great listing of historical mysteries.
Browse by author or era.
Romance
All About Romance: The Back Fence for Lovers of Romance Novels
“After more than ten years online, All About Romance is the premiere destination
of romance readers. Our longevity, our unabashed love for romance books and our unbiased, intelligent,
and often irreverent writing about romance fiction makes us unique on the Web.”
Romance Writers of America
The RWA is an organization for romance writers, but their website offers much for romance fans
including an extensive directory of romance authors, current releases, bestselling authors, a guide to romance
subgenres, and winners of the RITA
and Golden Heart awards.
The
Romance Reader
Romance books
in many subcategories are reviewed in a fashion similar to
movies - with star ratings - as well as with written
descriptions. Includes author interviews, features, reader's
reviews and comments, links to authors, etc. Coverage seems
to be on books releases in the late 1990s to the
present.
Romantic Times Online
Monthly review of new titles in various
romance categories. Includes resources for writers, reader
links, message boards, links to author's web pages, and
more.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Locus Online
"News, reviews, resources, and perspectives
on science fiction, fantasy, and horror."
SF Site
Covers
science fiction and fantasy in print, media, and on the
web.
Interactive Speculative Fiction
DataBase
"The ISFDB is an
effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and
horror." This is an extensive resource.
Technovelgy
See
how the ideas and inventions of science fiction writers have
come to life. "Science fiction no
more!"
Internet Public Library
Among other things, the IPL serves the public
"by finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing,
and creating quality information resources" available over the
web.
Lib-web-cats
Library
web pages and catalogs for over 5,000 libraries
worldwide.
Public Libraries in Washington
State
Links to public libraries
in Washington state.
LibWeb - Libraries on the Web
An extensive international directory to
libraries of all kinds.
Critical Reading: a Guide
Designed for first year college students, this
site provides a good guide for analyzing poetry or fiction.
Includes brief advice on writing an analytical
essay.
Everett Public Library E-Sources Requires
Everett Public Library card
Library card holders have access to many specialized online
resources. Some that especially appeal to readers
include: Contemporary Authors (includes
Contemporary Literary Criticism as well), Literary
Reference Center, LitFinder, Novelist, and
the general periodicals databases EBSCO, eLibrary,
and Proquest.
Internet Public Library - Literary
Criticism
Over 2500 critical
and biographical websites about authors and their
works.
Literary Resources on the Net
An extraordinary collection of websites dealing
with American and British literature, arranged by historic
period or by broad subject such as Theatre and Drama, Theory,
Women's Literature and Feminism, Ethnicities and
Nationalities, etc. Emphasis is on sites useful to
academics.
Voice of the Shuttle
This is an impressive resource for humanities
research.
Everett
Public Library Author Talks
Our Events calendar lists upcoming author visits, book
discussions and more.
It's
About Time
The It's About Time Writers Reading Series happens the 2nd
Thursday of each month at the Ballard Library.
Jack Straw Productions
“The purpose of the Jack Straw Writers Program is to introduce local writers
to the medium of recorded audio; to encourage the creation of new literary work; and to provide new
venues for the writer and their work.” Each year twelve writers are selected to participate in giving
public readings and in-studio interviews and their work appears in an annual anthology, radio broadcasts
and internet podcasts.
King County Library System - Writer's Resources
A helpful list of resources for writers, particularly for writers'
groups here in the northwest.
Possession Sound Writers
Everett Community College hosts the PSW Reading Series and
conferences.
Reading Local Seattle
“Reading Local: Seattle is interested in documenting as much as we can find out about locally
produced literature, zines, pamphlets, blogs, novels, chapbooks, poetry, performance and anything
else concerned with the written or spoken word. We aim to include regular profiles of Washington
State writers, locally produced lit, events, and places where these things can be found either in
bookstores, community libraries, or roadside bins.”
Richard Hugo House
“Richard Hugo House is a home for writers and readers. Our mission is to provide writers of all ages
and backgrounds with the resources they need, connect audiences with the world of writing, foster the
creation of new work and promote the literary arts as a vital part of our culture.” The Hugo House offers
many programs, classes, readings and events. Their
Resources page links to other local and national literary organizations.
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle Arts & Lectures seeks “to raise the understanding, appreciation, and visibility of the literary arts
in the Puget Sound region,” and “to spark the imagination through programs that connect people and ideas.”
In addition to their own fine programs, their Around Seattle
and Literary Links pages point you to other local and national
literary organizations.
Seattle Book Fest
“Remember the old Northwest Book Festival on the waterfront? Seattle's Columbia City
community is bringing it back. It's going to be a very cool event with at least 50 authors
in attendance and over 80 exhibitors.”
Seattle Print Media – Book pages
The links here will take you directly to the Book pages for these local area publications, where you
can find book reviews, news, reading calendars and more: The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle
Times, The Seattle
Weekly and The Stranger.
Vancouver
International Writers & Readers Festival
"The Vancouver International Writers Festival is one of
North America's premiere literary events."
Write on the Sound
Edmonds writers conference.
Banned Book Online
Links to online versions of banned books, along
with lists and resources on censorship.
Book-a-Minute
These
condensed books are for those of you too busy to read the full
version. Have fun!
The Best Novels You've Never Read
"Sixty-one critics reveal their favorite underrated books of the past ten years."
Laila Lalami's Underappreciated Books page
Essayist and short story writer Laila Lalami has solicited other writers to review
their favorite underappreciated books.
The Most Underappreciated Books at the Complete Review
"Here
is our selection of the most underappreciated books
currently under review, ranked in some order of how
outrageous the neglect seems to be."
The Neglected Books Page
"Here you'll find lists of thousands of books that have been
neglected, overlooked, forgotten, or stranded by changing
tides in critical or popular taste."
Village Voice author survey
"To help guide you through the waters of the literary
unknown, we asked a number of authors to name their favorite
obscure book."
See also these books in the Everett Public
Library collection for more ideas:
Bartleby & Co.;
Lost Classics;
Remarkable Reads;
Unknown Masterpieces; and
The Stone Reader (dvd).
E-Books
Bartleby
Several
fulltext reference sources (primarily literary) and select
full-text fiction and non-fiction.
EServer
"The EServer is a growing online community where
hundreds of writers, artists, editors and scholars
gather to publish works as open archives, available free
of charge to readers." Includes over 35,000 works.
Great
Books
The site creators note that this is "not the same list
of authors and works that was included in the Great
Books of the Western World. Nonetheless it has been
suggested and inspired by the work of Robert Hutchins
and Mortimer Adler, who were the editors of the 1952
edition of the GBWW."
Internet Public Library - Online
Texts
Links to web sites
offering online books.
On-Line Books Page
Emphasis is on full-text online books, but this
site includes much more. In addition to over 30,000 online
books, find features on book news, banned books, prize winning
books, and women writers. The archives section has helpful
links for literary criticism, foreign language books,
etc.
Project Gutenberg
Over 25,000 full text books.
The Internet Archive: Texts
Over 1.5 million online texts available for download.
Audio Books
Audio Books at Everett Public Library
The Everett Public Library has books on tape, books on CD, Playaways (pre-recorded books on self-contained MP3 players), and downloadable audio books from Overdrive.
Audio Books
For Free
Over 1000 audio books. Site requires registration.
LibriVox
Over 1500 public domain audio books.
Books & Authors in
the Media
BBC
Open Book
"Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks
out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and
publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces."
Book TV
"Top nonfiction authors every weekend." TV
schedules, author interviews, programs and more. See also their companion site and
archive: Booknotes.
Everett Public Library Podcasts
Listen to author talks, library news and other library programs.
Open Books Radio
Author interviews conducted by prolific Booklist
reviewer Donna Seaman.
Titlepage.tv
"Passionate conversations about books."
Academy of American Poets -
Poets.org
"The official website
of Academy of American Poets, Poets.org offers hundreds of
essays and interviews about poetry, biographies of more than
500 poets, almost 2,000 poems, and audio clips of 150 poems.
Each month, the site receives a million unique visitors,
making it one of the largest and most popular poetry site on
the internet."
American Life in Poetry
"American Life in Poetry is a free weekly column for newspapers and online
publications featuring a poem by a contemporary American poet and a brief introduction to the
poem by Ted Kooser." The website features the current column and houses the complete column
archive.
Electronic Poetry Center
A gateway for readers and writers of
experimental electronic poetry
Modern American Poetry
A multimedia companion to the Anthology of
American Poetry by Oxford Press (2000). Includes excerpts and
analysis of poems by over 150 American poets.
New Pages
Directory and reviews of literary magazines, plus a lot
more.
Open Books
Poetry-only bookstore in Seattle.
PennSound
Excellent
collection of MP3 audio poetry.
Poetry
Daily
Online poetry anthology which republishes a new poem every
day from books, magazines and journals.
Poetry Foundation
Home of Poetry magazine, and host of the Harriet
blog, podcasts, poems and biographies for thousands of
poets, a "poetry tool" for finding poems by subject or
occasion, and more.
Representative Poetry Online
Over 4,000 online poems (searchable and also indexed by name, title, date, and first line),
a poetry timeline, a glossary, criticism and other writing.
Poetry Blogs
Fantastic Fiction
Great source for series information.
Gaslight Books Checklist: The 4-part
Trilogy
Series and sequels in
SF, Fantasy and Horror.
Scifan
Find SF and
fantasy series by author or by series name.
Sequels and Prequels for Romance
Novels
Database for novels in
series. Search by author, title, or series name.
Stop, You're Killing
Me!
"A website to die for ... if you love
mysteries."
What's Next:
A Searchable Database of Novels in Series
Database for
novels in series. Search by author, title, or series
name.
King County Library System - Writer's Resources
A helpful list of resources for writers, particularly for writers'
groups here in the northwest.
New Pages - Creative Writing Programs
This is a great directory to creative writing programs --
and note the sidebar links to writing contests, literary
magazines, book publishers and more.
Poets & Writers
"Poets & Writers, Inc. is the primary
source of information, support, and guidance for creative
writers."
Writer Beware
A
project of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America,
"Writer Beware conducts a variety of activities revolving
around the effort to raise awareness of the prevalence of
literary fraud." Writer Beware is designed "so it can be
used by any writer, regardless of subject, style, genre, or
nationality."
See also our category
Local Literary Links
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