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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Reader's Corner

The Readers’ Corner

What’s New
Click here to search the newest titles in Fiction,Nonfiction, Audiobooks and Videos!

What’s Popular
What are the most requested titles? Follow this link to see what everyone else is reading and reserve your copy!

Staff Picks and Bestsellers
Find recommendations by staff as well as bestseller lists & award-winners!

Sign Up for Good Reads
Click here for information on our free e-newsletter service, Good Reads. Sign up for alerts in specialty categories such as Books on the Air, Book Club Choices and more!

Book Discussion Groups
Great Books Discussion Group
The Great Books Discussion Group will begin its thirty-fourth year on September 3, 2008. The group meets at the Worcester Public Library the first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Its purpose is to understand and appreciate great writing through the sharing of ideas.
BookClubsResource
Book-Clubs-Resource.com is a complete guide to book clubs and reading groups with an outstanding collection of links and information for readers, including information about saving with discount book clubs.
BookMuse
The goal at BookMuse is to enhance the joy and satisfaction that comes from reading, musing on, and discussing good books. To accomplish this, they offer book group members and avid readers of all ages materials, support, and guidance for the reading and discussion of books, all in a one-stop, comprehensive web site.
Reading Group Choices
Reading Group Choices selects discussible books and suggests discussion topics for reading groups.
Reading Group Guides
An online community for reading groups,this website features browsable reading guides from all genres, a monthly newsletter, a daily blog and interviews with librarians and booksellers.
Recommendations for Discussion Group s
If you're looking for titles for your book discussion group, check this list prepared by Worcester Public Library specialists!

Reading Resources
NoveList Plus
Listing over 150,000 fiction titles, over 4,000 custom created articles and lists and 50,000 readable nonfiction titles, NoveList Plus also contains Feature Articles, BookTalks, and Book Discussion Guides.
NY Times Book Review
Contains premier bestseller lists, reviews and essays from award-winning columnists and news from the publishing world. Search archives for reviews from 1981 to present.
Literary Reference Center
Containing detailed information on the most studied authors, LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
Nancy Pearl
Author of Book Lust and Readers Advisory expert, Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Wiki offers several sources for book reviews, including her own. Join the community and share your own reviews and recommendations as well as author interviews and photos.
Overbooked
A great source for title suggestions covering several genres, author information and more. As of February 2009 the site is being restructured and improved, so be patient!
The Romance Reader
This site professes to be "the only Internet site offering over 7,000 candid reviews of current romantic fiction. " Romance Reader is perfect for the serious romance novel enthusiast, offering features, columns, romance author interviews, reader commentary and reader feedback.
Stop, You're Killing Me!
A a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. Lists over 2,700 authors, with chronological lists of over 30,000 books, both series and non-series.
Fantastic Fiction
A great site for finding out the newest titles in several genres, Fantastic Fiction also lists the top 100 books and 250 most popular authors. Best feature is a series search by single or multiple authors. Searchable by year for award winners and author information.

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