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Websites for Book Lovers

If you're looking for a good read why not try some of the suggestions on these websites:

  • Love Reading - A great guide to books both old and new - and very useful for recommending what to read next.
  • Whichbook - A really exciting way to find out about new titles and authors.
  • reader2reader - A new fun way to find out about titles you might never hear about otherwise. Whether you want a cosy read, something to keep you up til 3am or a book for a journey this site has just the book for you! There is also a chat facility to talk to others about the books you love or hate.
  • Book Crossing - a virtual reading group. Find out what books people throughout the world are reading now and what they think of them. Add your own comments and then release a book into the wild in the hope that someone will pick it up and enjoy it.
  • National Library for the Blind - this site includes access to their catalogue and details of their loan scheme, a fiction cafe and the National Library for the Blind version of whichbook
  • Tangled Web - a website which covers crime along with science fiction and fantasy in huge detail with hundreds of reviews, author profiles and news reviews.
  • Books Guardian - an online version of the excellent Guardian book pages.
  • Amazon - Not just a site which sells books, this is a mine of information with lots of suggestions to try.
  • Fantastic Fiction - with over 15,000 authors listed and 250,000 books

Other sites you may enjoy are: