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(Please note: Library databases are available to Westminster residents with a valid library card.)
Contemporary Authors Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Contains an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Novelist and Novelist K-8 Two of our online databases that can help you find new fiction to read based on your subject, author, keyword, or lexile level search.
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Prospector Prospector is a catalog of twenty three academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector you have access to over 20 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials held in these libraries.
Colorado Talking Book Library A free service to Coloradans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical or learning disabilities whether permanent or temporary. CTBL provides recorded, Braille and large-print books and magazines as well as a small collection of descriptive videos.
WorldCat WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
Dear Reader Monthly Newsletter (Library sponsored service) Read short reviews of new books in fiction, nonfiction and biography for adults, kids and teens.
Online Book Club (Library sponsored service) Join our Online Books Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading.
Overbooked A site for ravenous readers which specializes in literary and genre fiction information. Overbooked Originals include annotated lists of fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, on the fly themed booklists, as well as hot lists of hardcover U.S. Fiction
Book Spot BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web.
Book Reporter The Book Report Network provides book reviews, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases and literary games and contests.
IndieBound Independent booksellers share their love of books with their customers and their communities. You'll have access to information and news about local authors, store events, and myriad staff recommendations -- and you will also be presented with content that reflects the collective wisdom of booksellers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico
Book Page BookPage is a monthly book review distributed nationwide by more than 2,000 bookstores and libraries.
Genrefluent Here you will find reviews on novels in a variety of genres including, crime, science fiction, adventure, thrillers, romance, fantasy, horror, paranormal, historical fiction, westerns, and romance.
Like to read nonfiction but not sure what book to choose? Try these reading lists with titles selected by our librarians. You can read a short review and then go directly to the library catalog to place a hold if it looks good.
Detective and Mystery Fiction Stop You're Killing Me The Mystery Reader ClueLass and The Mysterious Home Page MysteryInk Online Cozy Mystery List
General Fiction Mostly Fiction
Historical Fiction Writers of Historical Fiction Historical Novel Society
Horror Fiction HorrorNet The Literary Gothic Horror Writers Association
Inspirational Fiction Overbooked Bethany House Publishers Thomas Nelson, Inc Zondervan Tyndale House Publishers WaterBrook Multonomah Publishing
Romance Romantic Times Magazine The Romance Reader Romance Writers of America Harlequin Books online Good Ton (Regency) A Regency Repository
Science Fiction and Fantasy Fantastic Fiction (UK) LOCUS Online Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Science Fiction and Fantasy Net SciFan SciFi Site
If you like... Hennepin County Library has put online "a handy reference guide to authors and genres." Users may browse all the subject categories, which range from Christian fiction to techno-thrillers, horror, and more. The database is also searchable by author or theme. Includes links to other resources found at Hennepin County Library.
If you like ... Multnomah County Library has some other great "if you like" lists. Check it out.
Read-A-Likes More "if you like" selections from Waterboro Public Library, Maine.
What Should I Read Next? Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favorite books (over 32,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next.
Fantastic Fiction(UK) A great site for finding books in a series. Searchable by author. Also includes author biographies and forthcoming titles.
WhichBook Search for books by genre, type and types of characters, plots and settings.
Bookweb Booklists, book reviews, author information, and links to other useful Internet sites devoted to reading and the printed word from the Williamsburg (VA) Regional Library.
What's Next A great site from Kent District Library (OH) that let's you track books in a series.