Selected Websites
Book Awards I Best Sellers I Online
Book-Sellers I Poetry I Suggestions
for Readers & Book Groups
Book Awards
Amazon.com Awards Site
Lists 58 literary awards; from Booker to Pulitzer.Dublin Literary Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
Best Sellers
BookWire
BookWire™ is the comprehensive online portal into the book industry. Their mission is to provide librarians, publishers, booksellers, authors, and general book enthusiasts with the resources they need.New York Times Best Seller List
List is based on weekly sales surveys of major booksellers. Users are required to sign up for a free subscription to access the complete lists and reviews.Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly is the leading publication serving all segments involved in the creation, production, marketing and sale of the written word in book, audio, video and electronic formats.
Online Book-Sellers
Amazon
Search over 2.5 million titles including best sellers, books by subject and award winners. "Featured in the Media" section lists books discussed on TV and radio and reviewed in newspapers and magazines.Best Web Buys
Best Web Buys provides a fundamentally better way for consumers to shop. Most people shopping on the web go from store to store to find the products they want at the right price. With thousands of online stores to choose from, this process is tedious and time consuming. Best Web Buys' service allows consumers to search for products they want across several stores at the same time.
Bibliofind
Bibliofind has combined with Amazon.com to provide millions of rare, used, and out-of-print books through the world's No.1 online bookstore. Search for millions of hard-to-find titles from our trusted community of Bibliofind and Amazon.com booksellers.BookFinder
BookFinder.com is a search engine that helps you find great deals on new, used, and out of print books. BookFinder.com connects readers to over 40,000 booksellers from around the world with an open marketplace for all their online book shopping needs.Books and Book Collecting
For book collectors searching for rare, out of print books, or volumes to complete sets. Provides links to over 16 sources with one search form. Includes a list of author pseudonyms, price guides, and information on specialty collecting, and preservation of fine books.BookSense
Shop online at your favorite online bookstore or find out what titles they recommends. Read recommendations from independent bookstore staff members throughout the United States. Read interviews with very interesting people.Powell's Books
From humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest Portland, Powell's Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores, with seven locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms (www.powells.com), serving customers worldwide. Site visitors can browse and purchase from 1 million new and used books.
Poetry
About.com Poetry Page
Provides up to date information about poetry.American Verse Project
The American Verse Project is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) and the University of Michigan Press. The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets was founded in 1934 to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy also sponsors National Poetry Month (April), an annual celebration of the richness and vitality of American poetry; the Poetry Book Club, the only book club of its kind in the United States; and the Online Poetry Classroom, an educational resource and online teaching community for high school teachers; and the Poetry Audio Archive, a collection of audio recordings of poetry readings. Additionally, the Academy maintains one of the liveliest and most comprehensive poetry sites on the Internet.Poetry Society of America
The official website of the non-profit organization devoted to the fostering and promotion of poetry.
Suggestions for Readers & Book Groups
AllReaders.com
A book review search engine designed to help you find the kind of book you're looking for..Bartleby.com
Offers fully searchable full-text editions of reference titles and classic works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.Bibliomania
Offers fully searchable full-text editions of classic works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and some reference titles. Includes the complete plays of Shakespeare and major titles from Austen, Dickens, Twain, Freud, Benjamin Franklin and host of other English language authors.Bookreporter.com
This lively, comprehensive, up to date site contains information on contemporary fiction and nonfiction.Washington Post Book Club
The Washington Post Book Club is a monthly program that inspires conversation between the editors and writers of Book World and its readers.Electronic Literature Directory
The Electronic Literature Organization mission is to facilitate and promote the writing, publishing, and reading of literature in electronic mediaNative American Authors
This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.The On-line Books Page
Lists over 9000 on-line books that can be searched by title, author or subject. Site includes the full text of many literary award winners and banned books and provides links to electronic (ebook) sites.The Online Literary Criticism Collection
Over 2500 critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, nationality and literary period.Project Gutenberg
Fine literature digitally re-published: from Alice in Wonderland to the Bible to Shakespeare. Full-text literary works online to read, download, and searchReaders' Connection
The place to begin your exploration of popular titles and current reading trends and discover what's new on the shelves of the Multnomah County Library.Reading Group Choices
Book discussion group guides, new books for discussion, tips for starting a book group and expert advice on running a successful book group.ReadingGroupGuides.com
Search hundreds of publishers' discussion guides by author, title and category. Includes author interviews, short biographies and ideas for book groups.