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BookBrowse Get help finding what to read next.  BookBrowse selects the best current books and offers excerpts, reviews, and more information to help you choose what to read.

whichbook.net Search for fiction by choosing your preferences in various criteria: happy/sad endings, funny/serious, sex/no sex, and more.  

Stop, You're Killing Me! A site devoted to mystery, intrigue, and suspense books.  Search by author or character, and find books listed in series order.

Modern Library's 100 Best In 1998, The Modern Library assembled this list of the 100 best fiction and nonfiction books from the modern era.  Also includes readers’ choice lists.

Great Books of the Western World Classic titles from throughout history.

What's Next? Books in Series  From the Kent District Library.  Search for fiction book series.

Fresh Press  See what books and authors have been featured on recent national television and radio shows.

Literature Resource Center Find author biographies and literary criticism.  Search hundreds of literary reference works and journals simultaneously.  This subscription database is free to you as a library cardholder.  (Library card and PIN numbers required for at-home access.)   

EBSCO Literary Reference Center Literary criticism  (Library card and PIN numbers required for at-home access.)   

SparkNotes Hundreds of study guides for classic literature (and other subjects).  Free to read online; download in PDF format for a small fee.

AddALL Shop for books and compare prices at dozens of online booksellers.

Alibris Shop for used, rare, out-of-print and new books.

Classic Reader Thousands of classic titles for adults and children, complete and free to read online.

Project Gutenberg The premier source for free, complete, classic and public domain literature in English and other languages.  Over 16,000 books to read online or download.

Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library (catalog)  A Regional Library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.  Facility for the visually and physically handicapped - must be legally registered to borrow materials.  Also try their Recommended books and reading lists.