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Adult
Links
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
What's the
Next Book?
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Books
In A Series from the Nebraska Library Commission's
website, is searchable by author, title, and series
name. Easy to use.*** |
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Inspirational
Fiction from the Dorr Public Library in Iowa offers an
alphabetical by author list of series fiction.** |
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Series
and Sequels from the Gladstone City Library in
Australia. The database is searchable by both author and
series name. Especially user friendly!*** |
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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.** |
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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.*** |
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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!
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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.** |
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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.*** |
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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. *** |
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Genreflecting:
Venerable, respected, and thorough; absolutely one of the best
R.A. sites for almost any kind of search.*** |
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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.*** |
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The Mystery
Reader is a review site that covers all mystery genres
and is updated on a rotating by genre basis.** |
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Overbooked:
An amazing labor of love by one overworked volunteer that
provides lists, links, forthcoming books, and much, much
more. *** |
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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." *** |
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"The
Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library
provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list
of readalikes to popular authors.** |
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The
Romance Reader is a sister-site to The Mystery Reader
and offers the same service for all the romance genres.** |
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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...
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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.
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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.** |
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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. ***
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Genreflecting:
Venerable, respected, and thorough; absolutely one of the best
R.A. sites for almost any kind of search.***
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Overbooked:
An amazing labor of love by one overworked volunteer that
provides lists, links, and lots of information.***
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"The
Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library
provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list
of readalikes to popular authors.**
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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.***
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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.***
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Whichbook :
A fun site that determines the choices by the mood
chosen. Patrons will like playing with it.***
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Readalikes
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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..." ***
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If
You Like from the Christchurch Public Library in New
Zealand has developed a list of readalikes by genre, author,
specific titles, and setting. *** |
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"The
Reading Place": Downer's Grove Public Library
provides staff suggestions by genre and includes a handy list
of readalikes to popular authors.**
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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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