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What's Next If you like one book in a series, this site will tell you what other books are in the series and in what order.
Library Journal Articles, reviews, prepub information, plus previews of upcoming issues
Bookpage  Lively reviews of dozens of new books, interviews,and information on Oprah's book club. Now you can search the archives for the reviews you've missed.
Readalikes If you like one author, here you can find other similar authors. Or one genre - find other books. Very useful for broadening what you like to read.
W. Mass Libraries Advisory page The Western Massachusetts Regional Library Systems readers' advisory pages.
New York Times You'll need to register the first time you visit, but after that you'll have access to full text reviews back to 1980. Now including hundreds of first chapters of newly reviewed books!
NY Review of Books A rapidly growing archive of their reviews and articles.
Overbooked A web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked specializes in literary and genre fiction information, author web pages, annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books, and reviews.
Romantic Times For readers and writers -- the trade journal of romance fiction, with over 100 reviews of new books every week
Mystery Lovers Get recommendations by author or character.
Locus The venerable and award-winning journal of science fiction, complete with interviews, reviews and recommended reading lists.

Novelist
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'Your guide to fiction." A database of thousands of novels linking readers to other works by the same author, other works of a similar nature, etc.
Booklist Magazine The number one place to find reviews of new books, plus many of their wonderful lists of read-alikes, titles for teens and Editor's Choices.
BookBrowser A guide for avid readers, sponsored by Barnes & Noble

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