| Stop,
You're Killing Me! |
A
website to die for... if you love mysteries! A great
resource for readers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy and
suspense books. Search for mysteries by author,
characters, location, historical period, even job of the lead
character. |
| The
Cozy Library |
Discover
"cozy" books that don't have graphic violence or
language. Features lists of nonfiction, fiction, mystery
and the "not-quite-cozy". |
| Overbooked |
The
website for ravenous readers. Get booklists of the hottest
titles in fiction and nonfiction. |
| The
Christian Fiction Site |
This
site features news, reviews, interviews, excerpts and more.
This site is not updated very often, but you can still find some
new authors to try. |
| Inspirational
Fiction |
From
the Irving Texas Public Library comes a long list of popular and
suggested titles for inspirational readers. |
| The
Romance Reader |
Get
the latest news and reviews of romance novels including
historical romance, contemporary romance, time travel and
fantasy romance and more. |
| The
Readers Club |
From
the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County comes
this guide to "enjoyable books" including reviews,
news, a book search and an online reading journal. |
| The
SF Site |
A
great site for science fiction and fantasy reviews, interviews,
excerpts and more. |
| Speculative
Fiction Database |
The
ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of
science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various
types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication
bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings,
anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books.
|
| Fiction
Database |
A
comprehensive database that covers many genres of fiction:
Romance, Westerns, Suspense, and more. Along with the extensive
author bibliographies, you can: find
author pseudonyms; read the latest reviews from a variety of
websites; browse series of books by publisher and by individual
author; learn about upcoming releases; search almost every field
in their database; visit author websites; buy books from sellers
around the world; track your collection and wish list. |
| Romance
Writers of America |
A
collection of links to all classifications of Romance Writers,
with lists, bestsellers, author lists, and more.: |
| LibraryThing |
LibraryThing
is a prominent social cataloging web application for storing and
sharing personal library catalogs and book lists. Users
(informally known as thingamabrarians) can catalog personal
collections, keep reading lists, and meet other users who have the
same books. |
| BookLetters |
Need some
direction or ideas on what to read next? Try the Bookletters page
- here you can view fiction by genre - Children's, Romance,
Mystery, SciFi, etc. - by awards - Hugo, Caldecott, Pulitzer,
National Book Awards - or by bestsellers in all the markets and in
hardback or paper. You may also reserve a book that strikes your
fancy IF you have your Sumter Library Card number and your pin
number. Don't have a pin? Come by any of the circulation desks and
obtain one today (we can not issue pins over the phone!). |
| Newsletters |
Interested
in receiving the latest word in forthcoming books? Sign up for the
free newsletter service and a paperless edition will be sent to
your email address. You may choose as many of the newsletters as
you choose. |
