General Fiction Web Sites

Based on the Book

from Mid-Continent Public Library is a compilation of selected books that have been made into movies. You can search by movie title, book, or author.

BookBrowse

is a database of selected works of current fiction, many of which are bestsellers. The most unique feature of this site is that there are excerpts from all of the books included in addition to reviews, summaries, author biographies and other related information.

BookSpot

is a portal site which brings together lots of book related sites. From this site you can find links to authors, reviews, reading lists, book stores, discussion groups, lists of award winning books, and much more.

Fiction DB

is a great source for locating mystery, western, and romance authors.

Genrefluent

is a site about genre fiction.The site's author, Diana Tixier Herald, has read over 12,000 books and averages one new book a day. The site has book reviews, books of the week, links to genre fiction, and links to libraries.

New York Times' Book Review

offers lots of great stuff including bestseller lists, the first chapters of hundreds of books, information about authors, reading group information, and audio interviews and readings. Requires free login.

North Carolina Novels

created at the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this list offers fiction titles based on North Carolina. You can select by author, county, city, geographic area, and fictional town.

 

 

Last Update: June 4, 2010