Readers' Advisory Web Sites
General Information | Genre Fiction | Mystery/Crime Fiction | Romance
Science Fiction/Fantasy | Historical Fiction | Horror | Westerns
General Information or Books! Books! Books!
- Book Browser
- Features reading lists, reviews, authors information, book lists and much more.
- Bookpage
- Reviews dozens of new books. Includes author interviews and author tour schedules. Searchable archive..
- Book Reporter
- Includes book descriptions, recommendations, authors information, interviews and more.
- The New York Times on the Web: Books
- Requires registration the first time you use the site. Registration is free. Access to reviews back to 1980.
- Reader's Robot
- Features thousands of reading lists. Readers can also create a customized list based on criteria given for specific genres.
- What's Next
- Features a searchable database designed to find books in a series. You can search by author, title or series name.
Genre fiction
- Genreflecting
- Wonderful overall genre site. Includes brief lively reviews and features links for reliable genre sites. A wonderful resource for genre readers of all kinds.
Mystery/Crime Fiction
- Clue Lass Home Page
- This virtual newsletter features reviews, information on conventions and conferences, author Websites, and listings of new releases. Wonderful links for both readers and writers of mysteries.
- The Mysterious Home Page
- A goldmine of resources for mystery lovers. Features listing of the most recent mystery links, including authors, characters, themes, mailing lists, newsgroups, awards, conferences and much, much more.
- The Mystery Reader
- "The very latest news and views of mystery novels." Features useful breakdown into categories such as police/detective, thrillers, suspense, cozy mysteries, historical mysteries, and romantic suspense, etc. Also includes interviews and a listing of author e-mail addresses.
- The Poisoned Pen
- Features reviews, recommendations, events, and many links to other sites, including author home pages.
Romance
- The Romance Reader
- Offers current news and reviews of romance novels. Divided into categories (historical, contemporary, Regency, etc.). Includes author interviews.
- The Romantic Times Online
- Features reviews, current news, links to author Websites and includes a bookshop. Site is for both readers and writers of romance novels.
- Romance Writers' and Readers' Links Page
- Hosted by author Jaclyn Reding, this site offers links to authors, reviews, listservs, specific geographic location, etc. Updated regularly.
Science Fiction/Fantasy
- SF Site
- The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy. Features new releases, reviews, author information and links to author sites. Includes linkds to other genre sites of interest.
- Locus
- The journal of science fiction and fantasy. Includes interviews, recommendations, reviews and links to other sites. Regularly updated.
Historical Fiction
- Soon's Historical Fiction Site
- Features archives from the newsgroup rec.arts.books.hist-fiction. Includes reviews of new and current historical fiction, author bibliographies, and links to other sites.
Horror
- Horror in Literature
- Part of a larger, general horror Website, this site includes author bibliographies, horror stories online, author e-mail addresses, and links to many other horror sites.
Westerns
- American Western Ezine
- An "online magazine celebrating Western and Ranch life." Includes news on current authors, reviews and links to author sites.
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