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LibraryReads: LibraryReads is a list of the top ten books published every month that librarians across the country love, along with reviews from the librarians.
BookPage: BookPage is a monthly book review publication distributed to 400,000 avid readers through subscribing bookstores and public libraries. It is a broad-based selection guide to the best new books published every month.
Indie Next List: The Indie Next Lists are monthly and seasonal lists of independent booksellers’ favorite new books.
Bookseries.org: This helpful website’s goal is to provide full and comprehensive listings of every single author there is and every series they have ever written both in publication order and chronological order.
Book Reporter: A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here.
Literary Hub: "Lit Hub" is a central place for writers, publishers, books, bookstores, librarians, and readers to congregate and celebrate books and literary culture.
Book Riot: Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America, and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
Goodreads: Find, get, and share books you love on Goodreads, the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. More than 75 million members have added more than 2.2 billion books to their shelves.
LibraryThing: A home for your books. Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog. A community of 1.9 million book lovers. LibraryThing connects you to people who read what you do.
What Should I Read Next?: Enter the title of a book you like and the site will analyze their huge database of real readers’ favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next. It’s that simple.
Whichbook: A new way to choose what to read. Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs.