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There's a book for everyone and these sites can assist you in locating the right one for your patrons. Click on the title for the catalog entry.

What's the Next Book? Do they want to know the next book in the series?

Give me a List!  Do they want a list of themed stories, best sellers, Oprah's Book Club, etc.?

I Only Read...  Do they want a mystery? A romance?

Readalikes

 

 

Books In A Series from the Nebraska Library Commission's website, is searchable by author, title, and series name.  Easy to use.***

 

Inspirational Fiction from the Dorr Public Library in Iowa offers an alphabetical by author list of  series fiction.**

 

Series and Sequels from the Gladstone City Library in Australia.  The database is searchable by both author and series name. Especially user friendly!***

 

Series and Sequels from the Los Angeles Public Library.  A database searchable by author, title and/or character.  Very useful when you can't remember which Sue Grafton was "L is for..."  Unfortunately, you have to be fairly precise.**

 

Stop, You're Killing Me... a mystery site created and maintained by bibliophiles.  It's a database that's searchable by author, character, and, a real boon, by location.***

 

What's Next Database of Kent District Library: This Michigan library provides a search form to find the sequel to whatever you are reading. Great Ready Reference. ***

 

Give Me A List!

 

Book Browserfrom Barnes and Noble: lists by genre (general to specific), by author, by location, by time period.  A little unwieldy to use, but good for those hard-to-satisfy patrons.**

 

BookList Center is a labor of love created and maintained by a bibliophile.  It is an exhaustive list of "346 booklists in 82 categories." If you need a list of a particular type of book, this is a great resource.*** 

 

Fiction_L Booklists  from the Morton Grove Public Library in Illinois, provides extensive lists organized by genre, subject, author, character, setting, audience and miscellany. One of the best. ***

 

Genreflecting: Venerable, respected, and thorough; absolutely one of the best R.A. sites for almost any kind of search.***

 

Internet Book List:  A well-organized set of lists to help a reader, but use of the site is a bit complicated.  Better suited to a librarian's skills than the average reader, but an excellent site.***

 

The Mystery Reader is a review site that covers all mystery genres and is updated on a rotating by genre basis.**

 

Overbooked: An amazing labor of love by one overworked volunteer that provides lists, links,  forthcoming books, and much, much more. ***

 

Reader's Robot from the Thompson Nicola Regional District Library System in Canada offers a search engine by genre along with one or two keywords that they describe as "appeal factors." ***

 

"The Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list of readalikes to popular authors.**

 

The Romance Reader is a sister-site to The Mystery Reader and offers the same service for all the romance genres.**

 

Whichbook: A fun site from England and with great graphics that determines the choices by the mood chosen.  Patrons will like playing with it. ***   

 

I Only Read...  

 

bibliomysteries : Bibliomysteries are those that "have settings, plots, or substantial characters in them related to the world of books, writers, archives, and libraries."  This is an interesting library catalogued through Library Thing - it is a work in progress with 200 titles catalogued to date.  It is in alphabetic order by title, not author. *** 

 

Books 'n' Bytes : a very complex commercial site that covers romance, mystery, and SF.  It's searchable by author, genre, and titles.  Very useful to the librarian, a bit unwieldy for the inexperienced patron.**

 

Fictional Rome : search a data base of over 1500 titles of novels available in English that are set in ancient Rome, the city itself or the Roman world, from the time of the monarchy to the empire. The search form will allow you to specify author, title, publication date, topic and period, individually or in combination. In addition, you can search for specific historical characters or for all titles that are mysteries. ***

 

 

Genreflecting: Venerable, respected, and thorough; absolutely one of the best R.A. sites for almost any kind of search.***

 

 

Overbooked: An amazing labor of love by one overworked volunteer that provides lists, links, and lots of information.***

 

 

"The Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list of readalikes to popular authors.**

 

 

SF: The Ultimate Science Fiction Webguide:  One page of this site is invaluable - the patron describes the genre of SF that most appeals and is then provided with an exhaustive list of titles.  Very useful to the librarian unfamiliar with SF.***

 

 

Stop, You're Killing Me... a mystery site created and maintained by bibliophiles.  It's a database that's searchable by author, character, and, a real boon, by location.***

 

 

Whichbook : A fun site that determines the choices by the mood chosen.  Patrons will like playing with it.***

  

 

Readalikes

 

Author Lists from the Sioux City Public Library combines their list of authors with the comparable genre: "If you like Classic Romance (such as Barbara Taylor Bradford) try..." ***

 

 

If You Like from the Christchurch Public Library in New Zealand has developed a list of readalikes by genre, author, specific titles, and setting. *** 

 

Oprah's Old List can be found at the Kansas City Public Library website.**

Oprah's New List can be found there as well, although it isn't quite up to date. **

 

"The Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list of readalikes to popular authors.**

 

 

Readalikes from Rolling Meadow Public Library in Illinois was created by staff suggestions for the most popular authors.  It is a simple list of authors and the staff suggestions for a comparable reading experience.  What makes this an excellent site is that some of the suggestions go beyond the most obvious.***

 

 

 

 

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