Book Reviews & Literature
This search looks for book reviews from Amazon.com, New York Times, C-SPAN, NPR, Library Journal, other U.S. sources, and the British media. For best results use quotation marks with titles containing more than one word.
Reference E-Books
- Literature E-Books (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders.
Book Awards
- Caldecott Prize
- National Book Award
- Newbery Prize
- The Man Booker Prize
- Nobel Prize
- Pulitzer Prize
- Awards, Yahoo!
Book Discussion Guides
- BookBrowse Reading Guides
- Next Book
A gateway to Jewish literature, culture & ideas from the Keshet Foundation.
- Reading Group Choices
Summaries and suggested topics for book clubs.
- Reading Group Guides
An online community for reading groups that offers contests, newsletter, message board, and lists of favorites.
- Harper Collins
- Penguin Books
- Random House Book Center
Book Discussion Guides From Publishing Houses
Book Lists
See also Staff Suggestions on the Library's Book page.- Modern Library: 100 Best Novels
A list of the 100 best novels created by a group of writers, historians and critics. The list created controversy because it contains few minority, women or contemporary authors. For comparison, the site includes an alternative list of the 100 best novels chosen by readers.
Book Reviews, Literary Criticism & Study Guides
- Amazon.com
- Booklist Online
Book reviews from the American Library Association.
Lincolnwood library card needed for access. - Book News
Reviews, news and author interviews from the British media, The Guardian and The Observer.
- BookReporter.com
Book reviews, author profiles & interviews, and more.
- CliffsNotes Online
The original literature study guide series with plot summaries, character analyses, discussion questions, critical essays, author information, and more.
- Genrefluent
Reviews, booklists and links to other genre lists. Maintained by Diana Tixier Herald, librarian and author of Genreflecting: a Guide to Reading Interest in Genre Fiction.
- Infotrac -- General Reference Center
Magazines, newspapers, and professional journals, and some reference books. Many, but not all, are full-text articles. Dates covered: Varies (many go back to early 1990s, some to 1980s).
Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders. - Literature Resource Center
Literary criticism and author biographies. Covers all literary time periods.
Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders. - New York Times Book Review
- NoveList
Book reviews and book summaries of adult fiction and children's books. Updated monthly.
Outside the Library, this database is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders. - NPR Books
Reviews, author interviews, booklists and more from the National Public Radio.
- Sparknotes
Study guides that include plot summaries, character analysis, theme, key facts and further readings.
Book Stores
Citation Styles
- Online! Citation Styles
MLA, APA, Chicago Style and other styles for citing sources including WWW site, email, listserve messages and real-time communications.
E-Books
- Google Book Search
Classics and other books that are no longer copyrighted can be found with a Google search and downloaded for reading.
- Project Bartleby
American and British classical novels, verse and non-fiction.
- Project Gutenberg
Complements the above site, Project Bartleby, making available online books which are no longer copyrighted.
- Project Runeberg
Brief information on Scandinavian authors and links to other sources for some. However, the works available here in electronic text have not been translated into English.
E-Books, E-Audiobooks and E-Videos
- My Media Mall
Download Audiobooks, Videos, and E-Books to your PC, PDA, or MP3. No late fees, titles are automatically returned when loan period is over.
See a demo.
Poetry
- Poetry Archive
Collection of recordings of poets reading their work. No listening fees charged.
- Poetry Audio Recordings: A Guide to Online Resources -- Library of Congress
No listening fees charged.
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Poet’s Corner
Mostly classical poetry. Find a poem by title, author, or subject.
- Smithonian Folkways
See “Poetry” under genres in left column. Listen to samples. Full recordings are for sale.
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Social Networking/Book Sites
Make you own booklists of titles you have read or intend to read, rate books, recommend to friends, join a book discussion and explore literature at these three sites:Used Books
- Amazon.com
- Bookfinder
Used and out-of-print books.
