Good Book Sites
- 100 Search Engines for Bibliophiles
- ABC Radio National Book Show – listen to podcasts of author interviews, reviews and book news
- ABC TV First Tuesday Book Club
- The Malice Domestic Agatha Awards – named in honour of the lady herself and are for mysteries that contain no explicit sex and no excessive gore or gratuitous violence.
- All About Romance (international collaboration)
- Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (UK) – previously called Women’s Prize for Fiction (2013), Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12) and Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08)
- Blue Mountains Local Studies Flickr stream
- Blue Mountains City Library Flickr stream
- Book Movement (for book groups) – for book groups
- Bookslut
- British Fantasy Awards (UK) – for the best in fantasy writing.
- The Compulsive Reader – in-depth, informative and witty reviews on a wide range of books, both newly released and classic, music and film, as well as author interviews
- Dagger Awards (UK) – founded by The Crime Writer’ Association in 1956 and celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing.
- Edgar Awards (USA) – given by the Mystery Writers of America, these awards honour the best in mystery fiction and non-fiction produced the previous year. The awards began in 1946 and are named in honour of Edgar Allan Poe.
- Fantastic Fiction – a great site for looking up novelists, checking out the order of books in a series and getting an idea of who writes in a similar manner
- Fiction DB
- Guardian Best Children’s Books Ever (from 2009)
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards (Eire) – winners chosen by libraries all over the world.
- Literature Map – find out who writes like who. Put in a favourite author in the box and the names that fall closest write most like your author.
- Library Reads (USA) – the top ten books published each month reviewed by Librarians across the USA
- LibraryThing – keep track of what you’ve read, get recommendations and reviews from people who read similar books to you.
- Looking for a Mystery? – lists of mystery novels by criteria such as location and period
- Lovereading (USA) – get help with finding something to read with expert recommendations.
- Lovereading Perfect Books for Reading Groups
- Miles Franklin Literary Award (AUS)
- Ned Kelly Awards (AUS) – presented by The Crime Writers’ Association of Australia (CWAA) to recognize and promote excellence in Australian crime writing.
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Novelicious – for readers and writers of women’s fiction
- Novelist Plus (USA) – on the Library’s Premium Sites page (scroll down until you see Novelist Plus) – search for a book by author, title, description of plot
- Oprah’s Book Club (USA)
- Paranormal Romance Writers
- Paranormal Romance – books for lovers
- Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (AUS)
- The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (USA)
- Reading Agency (UK) – promoting reading and well-being
- State Library of New South Wales
- Stop You’re Killing Me – for Crime and Mystery lovers
- Tor – for lovers of science fiction and fantasy
- What Should I Read Next? and Where Should I Read Next? (UK)
- Which Book (UK) – you choose from a number of factors which appeal to you and Which Book makes suggestions to match your needs
- World Fantasy Awards (USA)
