Readers’ Advisory Links
Staff Readers’ Advisory Links
Current Best Sellers Lists:
Databases & online resources:
| Novelist Plus (Authors, titles, series, read-a-likes & more for adults & teens) |
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| YourNextRead (Reviews and read-a-likes, linked to Amazon) |
What’s Next™: Books in Series (Kent District Library Series Database) |
EPL Website & Local Resources:
- Booklists: Best Sellers, Award Winners, Classics and more… (lots more lists!)
- Elmhurst Public Library Book Discussions (current & upcoming)
- Book Discussion Collection (elmlib.org/BookDiscussionList — complete list, linked to EPL catalog)
- Teen Books (Public Teen page-lotsa links to lotsa lists!)
- Past & current book displays (see Adult Services V:\displays\lists)
Other Helpful Sites:
| AllReaders (Find a book based on plot, setting or character; plus reviews) |
EarlyWord (A worthy blog to find news for Collection Development and Readers Advisory) |
Fantastic Fiction (Information on authors, titles, series & more) |
| Fresh Fiction (Books in the media) |
GoodReads (Social Media website for Book Lovers) |
gnod (Interactive literature maps) |
| LikesBooks (Romance: books, authors, reviews, recommendations) |
RA for all: Horror (Lists, reviews & more) |
Reading the Past (Historical Fiction: news, views and reviews) |
| RT Book Reviews (News & reviews: books & authors in multiple genres) |
Stop, You’re Killing Me! (Mysteries: awards, reviews, series) | WhichBook.net (Looking for happy or sad, funny or serious, gentle or violent?) |
Teen Resources:
| Teen Booklists (Sno-Isle Library System – WA) |
Teen Book Lists and More (Denver Public Library) |
| Books for Teens (Hennepin County Library – MN) |
Books for Teens (Seattle Public Library) |
| Reading Rants (Out of the Ordinary Teen booklists) |
Teacher Book Wizard (Scholastic’s -readalikes for various reading levels) |
| YALSA (The Young Adult Library Services Assn.’s -Booklists & Book Awards) |
Comic Book Resources No Flying, No Tights – Staff Picks Book Riot Comics Section |
| Clean Reads Provo City Library (UT) Clean Teen Reads Salt Lake County Libraries (UT) – Scroll down to see the list. These are Teen books that won’t make you blush. |
More… Squeaky Clean Reads for Teens Sno-Isle Library System (WA) |
