Booklover’s Toolbox

 Updated March 4, 2019

The Toolbox is a work in progress. Your suggestions are welcome.

Alternate History Novels

• Uchronia

Audiobooks for Free, Computer Downloadable

• AudioforBooks
• Books Should Be Free
• Free MP3 Audio Books
• Internet Archive’s Audio Books & Poetry
• Learn Out Loud [nonfiction only]
• LibriVox
• Light Up Your Brain [for kids]
• Open Culture
• Overdrive [for cardholders at most U.S. public libraries, via their websites]
• Podiobooks
• Project Gutenberg
• Storynory [for kids]
• Thought Audio

Author Blogs, Lists of

• Goodreads Members’ List of Popular Authors’ Blogs
• Internet Writing Journal’s List
• Newpages.com’s Blogs by Poets & Writers
• Red Room Writers Society’s Editors’ Picks

Awards and Award-Winners

• Amazon.com’s Lists
• Award Annals’ Literary Award Database
• Bibliomania’s List
• BookBrowse’s Lists
• Bookprizeinfo.com
• BookReporter.com’s List of Recently-Announced Awardwinners
• BookSpot’s List
• Flashlight-Worthy Books’ Lists
• Lists of Bests Lists
• Open Directory’s List
• Readers Read Awards Lists
• Wikipedia’s Worldwide List of Literary Awards and Winners
• Yahoo’s List of Literary Awards

Bestsellers Lists

• American Booksellers Association’s Independent Bookstore Bestsellers
• Bestsellers at Amazon.com
• BookSpot’s Lists
• Publishers Weekly

Bibliographies, Fiction

• Fantastic Fiction
• Internet Book List

Bibliophiles, Gifts for – see Gifts, Literary-Themed

Blogs (Local & Otherwise), Recommended Literary

• Amazon.com’s Blog
• Arts & Letters Daily
• Baby Got Books
• Bibliophile Bullpen
• Book Beast (at The Daily Beast)
• The Book Bench (at The New Yorker)
• Bookforum.com
• Bookslut
• Citizen Reader
• The Elegant Variation
• Frognall Dibdin’s Shelves
• Georgia Water and Books
• The Millions
• Salon.com
• Shelf Life
• The Book Shopper – Atlanta/Decatur
• Verb

Book Clubs see Reading Groups

Book Collectors & Collecting*

*Source: “An Alternative List of the Top 20 Sites for Book Collectors“

• AbeBooks.com
• American Exchange
• Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
• Biblio.com
• Bibliomania
• Bodleian Library
• Bookfinder.com
• Fine Books and Collections
• Frognall Dibdin’s Shelves
• The Grolier Club
• Hyraxia
• Independent Online Booksellers Association
• International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
• Library of Congress
• LibraryThing
• Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis
• The Private Library
• Private Libraries Association
• Rare Book School (University of Virginia)

Book Donations

• BiblioBuffet’s Directory of Organizations Accepting Book Donations

Book Festivals (see Literary Festivals, Local)

Book Price Comparisons

• AddAll
• AllBookstores.com
• Book Burro
• Bookfinda
• Book HQ
• BestWebBuys
• BookFinder4U
• BooksPrice.com
• FetchBook.com
• ISBN Spy
• PriceScan
• Spotcost
• SwoopThat

Book Recommendations see Reading Recommendations

Book Rentals by Mail

• BookSwim

Book Reviews see Reviews

Book Sales, Local (including sales at local public libraries)

• Book Sale Finder (Georgia)
• Book Sale Manager

Book Swapping, Free

• BookMooch
• FrugalReader
• PaperBack Swap
• SwapSimple
• SwapTree
• TitleTrader
• What’s On My Bookshelf

Book-Themed Gifts – see Gifts, Literary-Themed

Bookchat (Publishing Industry News)

• ArtsJournal
• BookNinja
• GalleyCat
• MobyLives
• National Public Radio
• Publishers Weekly
• Readers Read Blog

Booklists

• Multiple topics:
  • Amazon.com’s Listmania Lists
  • Berwyn (Illinois) Public Library’s Bibliographies
  • BookBrowse’s Reading Lists by Genre, Time, Place, & Theme
  • Bookmovement’s Best Books Index
  • BookSpot’s  Genre List Archive and Other Book Lists
  • Conversational Reading’s Lists
  • Flashlight Worthy’s Lists
  • Morton Grove Public Library’s Fiction Book Lists
  • Overbooked’s Lists
  • Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklingberg County’s Booklist Archive
  • Seattle Public Library’s Reading Lists for Adults
  • Waterboro (Maine) Public Library’s Library Booklists and Bibliographies
  • Williamsburg (Virginia) Regional Library’s Bookweb: WRL Booklists
• Single Topics:
  • Armchair Travel:
    • Bibliopolis (titles resulting for the searching the term “Armchair Travel”)
    • BookSpot’s One for the Road
    • Globe Corner Bookstore’s Catalog
    • LibraryThing’s Titles with “Armchair Travel” Tags
    • Packabook (searchable-by-setting novels, memoirs, travel guides, more)
    • Salon’s Top Travel Books and More Top Travel Books
    • A Traveler’s Library
    • Tuscany (About.com)
    •  Ultimate Travel Library (National Geographic)
    • WorldHum’s 100 Most Celebrated Travel Books of All Time
  • Classics:
    • Robert Teeter’s Great Books Lists
    • Eric McMillan’s The Greatest Literature of All Time
    • Martin Seymour-Smith’s The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (1998)
    • The Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels
    • The Modern Library’s 100 Best Nonfiction
    • National Review’s 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century (October 2005)
    • Newsweek’s Top 100 Books of All Time (June 2009)
    • The Guardian’s 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (January 2009)
    • The Guardian’s 100 Greatest Nonfiction Books (June 2011)
    • St. Charles (Illinois) Public Library’s The Classics
    • The Telegraph’s 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (April 2008)
    • Time magazine’s The 10 Greatest Books of All Time (January 2007)
    • Time Magazine’s 100 Best English-Language Novels Since 1923 (2005)
    • Time Magazine’s 100 Best Nonfiction Books Since 1923 (August 2011)
    • Top 100 Works in World Literature 
  • Mysteries:
    • Murder, Mystery & Mayhem
  • Neglected Books:
    • The Neglected Books Page
  • Science Fiction Classics:
    • National Public Radio’s Top 100 Sci-Fi Novels (August 2011)

Books for Free, Compter Downloadable (see also Audiobooks for Free, Compter Downloadable)

Note: See also the categorized links at 100 Websites to Download Free Literature and at Free Books: 100 Legal Sites to Download Literature

• Bookstacks
• Bookyards
• Digital Books Index
• E-Books Directory
• ManyBooks.net
• The Online Books Page
• OverDrive
• Page By Page Books
• Planet eBook [classic literature only]
• Project Gutenberg
• World Public Library

Bookshelves

• • Booklovers Never Sleep Alone
  • Books at Home
  • Bookshelf
  • Bookshelf Porn
  • How to Install Built-In Bookshelves in Your Home (AssociatedContent.com)
  • 20 Unusually Brilliant Bookcase and Bookshelf Designs (WebUrbanist)
  • Unique Bookshelves (Goodwill Librarian Facebook Album)

Bookstores, Local Brick and Mortar

• A Cappella Books (Little 5 Points)
• Atlanta Vintage Books (Chamblee)
• Barnes & Noble – Buckhead
• Barnes & Noble – Camp Creek Parkway
• Barnes & Noble – Cumberland
• Barnes & Noble – Edgewood Retail
• Barnes & Noble – Perimeter Mall
• Book Nook (Decatur)
• Books Again (Decatur)
• Bound to Be Read Books (East Atlanta Village)
• Charis Books & More (Little 5 Points)
• Eagle Eye Book Shop (Emory area)
• Shrine of the Black Madonna (Southwest Atlanta)

Bookstores, Online

• AbeBooks
• Alibris
• Amazon.com
• Biblio.com [Used Books Only]
• The Book Depository [UK-based, but with free shipping worldwide]
• Books-a-Million
• BookSense
• Half.com
• Powell’s Books (Portland, Oregon)
• Strand Bookstore (New York City)

Crime Novel Resources [see also Mystery Novels Resources]

• Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind: Crime Fiction and More
• Euro Crime

Databases

• a.k.a. (author pseudonyms)
• BooksnBytes’ Book Series Index
• Fantastic Fiction
• FictionDB
• Hennepin County Library’s “If You Like…” Author Search
• Internet Book List
• Kent District Library’s What’s Next: Books in Series
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (Texas A&M)
• Waterboro (Maine) Public Library’s Literary Births
• Whichbook.net

Discussion Groups [see also Reading Groups]

• Dirda’s Reading Room
• Reader’s Paradise

E-Book Price Comparisons

• Inkmesh

E-Books, Free Downloadable

• ManyBooks.net
• Project Gutenberg

E-Books, Software for Managing

• Calibre

Event Calendars [see also Bookstores and Literary Festivals]

• Atlanta.net’s What to Do (set category to “Literary”)
• DeKalb Public Library’s Calendar of Atlanta-Area Author Talks
• Emory University’s Arts at Emory Events Calendar
• Emory University Library MARBL’s Events & Exhibitions
• Eventful’s Calendar of Local Literary Events
• Georgia Center for the Book’s Upcoming Events
• Ivy Hall Events (Savannah College of Art & Design’s in Atlanta)
• Margaret Mitchell House Literary Center’s Upcoming Events
• Poetry Atlanta’s  Special Events and Readings
• Verb’s Atlanta Book Events, Book Calendar, and Atlanta Arts Calendar

Exhibits, Online Library – see Library Exhibits, Online

Fantasy Novels

• Fantastic Fiction
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Genre Fiction – see Alternate History Novels, Bibliographies – Fiction, Crime Novels, Fantasy Novels, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Romance Novels, Science Fiction Novels

Gifts and Gadgets for Book Lovers

• Amanda Crawford Design’s Bookholders and Bookmarks
• American Library Association Gift Store
• Bas Bleu
• Bodleian Library Shop
• Book Jewelry
• Bookcases Galore
• Bookhug.com
• Book Hugger
• The Bookmark Shop
• BookMateStore
• Booktique
• Curmudgeony Librarian’s SuperStore
• DeWit-Marchant Reading-Themed Notecards
• Etsy’s A Likely Story
• Etsy’s Bookish Charms
• Etsy’s Knob Creek Metal Arts Bookends
• Etsy’s Librarianship: Handmade Paper Jewlery for Bibliophiles
• Etsy’s The Written Nerd: Library-Inspired Accessories
• For Book Addicts’ Shop (T-Shirts and Hoodies; based in United Kingdom)
• Gone Reading Store
• Hookmarks
• Ideal Bookshelf
• In My Book
• It’s All About Books
• Just Bookends
• Kimbooktu
• Levenger: Tools for Serious Readers
• Library of Congress Shop
• The Library Shop at the New York Public Library
• Library Store (Los Angeles Public Library)
• Literary Book Gifts
• The Literacy Site Store
• The Literary Gift Company
• Literary Luminaries Products
• Literary Threads
• Luminary Graphics
• Mainstreet Book Lover T-Shirts & Gifts
• Mirage Bookmark
• Mitercraft’s Wood Bookmarks
• Monica Marks’ Hand-Crafted Bookmarks
• The Morgan Library & Museum Shop
• The New Yorker Store
• NovelKeys
• Out of Print Clothing
• Owl Square Press Graphics
• PageKeeper
• Papilionaceous Silk Bookmarks
• Postcards from Penguin
• Postertext
• Reader’s Niche
• The Reader’s Shop (at CafePress.com)
• Rebound Designs
• Serious Readers’ Reading Tools
• Spineless Classics
• Vintage Book Clocks
• Zazzle.com’s Reading-Themed Mugs

Graphic Novels

• Now Read This!

Historical Fiction

• Historical Fiction Network
• Reading the Past

Home Libraries (see also Bookshelves)

• Beautiful-Libraries.com’s Home Libraries category (photographs)
• Creative Ways to  Create an In-Home Library (Better Homes and Gardens)
• Library Essentials
• 100 Tips & Tools to Create the Ultimate Home Library (Online Degree)
• Your Shelves!

Horror Fiction

• Fantastic Fiction
• Horror Blog (Regina Public Library)
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Landmarks & Pilgrimage Sites (Local and Otherwise)

• The Dusty Shelf’s “Literary Landmarks of New York City” Series:   Part 1     Part 2     Part 3
• Salon.com’s Literary Guide to the World
• Literary Tourist’s List
• Literary Traveler’s List
• “New Orleans French Quarter: A Novel Place, Still” (Los Angeles Times)
• Poets’ Graves
• The Wren’s Nest (Joel Chandler Harris Home)

 Libraries, Local

Academic Libraries:

• Agnes Scott College
• Atlanta University Center
• Emory University
• Georgia Institute of Technology Library
• Georgia State University
• Oglethorpe University

Public Libraries:

• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
• DeKalb County Public Library
• WorldCat

Special Libraries:

• Atlanta History Center’s Kenan Research Center
• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library

Library Exhibits, Online

• American Antiquarian Society Library
• British Library
• Brown University’s John Carter Brown Library
• Cambridge University Library
• European Libraries’ Exhibitions
• Library of Congress

Library Locators

• Internet Public Library’s List

Literary Calendars, Factoids, and Oddities

• The American Literary Blog
• Curiosities of Literature (by Isaac Disraeli, 1766-1848)
• Odd Books
• Today in Literature
• The Writer’s Almanac

Literary Festivals

• Literary Tourist’s List

Literary Festivals, Local

• Atlanta Queer Literary Festival (October)
• Decatur Book Festival (September)
• Dahlonega Literary Festival (November)
• Decatur Literary Arts Festival (May)
• Georgia Fine & Collectible Book Fair (September)
• Georgia Literary Festival (Georgia Center for the Book, November)
• Jewish Book Festival (Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, November)
• National Black Arts Festival (July)
• Savannah Book Festival (February)
• Suwanee Festival of Books (August)

Literary Pilgrimages – see Landmarks and Literary Pilgrimages

Literary-Themed Gifts – see Gifts, Literary-Themed

Movies Based on Books

• Based on the Book
• BookReporter.com’s Books into Movies 
• Chasing the Frog’s Movies Based on Books
• International Movie Database’s Books Based on Novels
• Mid-Continent Public Library’s Based on the Book
• The Movie Blog’s Top 100 Movies Based on Books
• Movies Based on Books Club
• Readers Read Books to Film
• Word & Film

Mystery Novel Resources [see also Crime Novel Resources]

• The Bloodstained Bookshelf (new and forthcoming titles)
• BookSpot’s Genre Corner: Mystery Books
• Fantastic Fiction
• Murder by the Book Mystery Blog   (Regina Public Library)
• Murder, Mystery & Mayhem
• MysteryNet
• The Mystery Reader
• The Poisoned Pen
• Stop, You’re Killing Me!

Neglected Books

• Bibliophilia Obscura
• Bloggerel
• The Neglected Books Page
• Writers No One Reads

New Book Release Alerts

• Any New Books?
• Book Buzzes
• BookFilter
• The Reader’s Advisor Online
• Track New Book

Pilgrimage Sites – see Landmarks and Literary Pilgrimage Sites

Podcasts

• AbeBooks’ Shelfsound: A Daily Roundup of Book Podcasts

Poetry

• Library of Congress Poetry Resources

Radio Programs

• Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Cover to Cover
• KCRW’s Bookworm
• National Public Radio’s Books
• Penguin Classics on Air
• WABE 90.1 FM’s Between the Lines

Reading Groups, Online; Reading Group Resources

• BookBrowse
• Book Club Classics!
• Book-Clubs-Resource.com
• BookGlutton
• Booklist’s Book Group Blog
• Booklist’s Book Club Resources
• Bookmovement.com
• BookMuse.com’s Resources
• Booksprouts
• G.R.I.T.S. Online Reading Club (African-American Books)
• Masterpiece Book & Film Club
• Meetup’s Book Clubs in and around Atlanta
• MosaicBooks’ List of Georgia Book Clubs (African-American Books)
• Nancy Pearl’s BookLust Book Clubs Resources
• Open Directory’s List of Links to Online Reading Groups
• Oprah Winfrey’s How to Start a Book Club
• Penguin Classics Reading Group Guides
• Random House Reading Group Guides
• Reading Group Choices
• Reading Group Guides
• Waterbury (Maine) Public Library’s Resources for Reading Groups
• Yahoo’s Bookworms Reading Group

Reading Recommendations

• Ask the Paris Review
• Biblioracle
• Book Browse
• Book Lust
• Booklamp
• Bookmovement.com
• BookYap
• Five Books
• Flashlight Worthy
• Gnooks’ Literature-Map
• LoveReading
• NoveList (a database available via AFPLS website)
• The Second Circle: A Reader’s Guide to Contemporary Fiction
• The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books
• What Should I Read Next?
• whichbook.net
• YourNextRead.com

Reference Sources

• How Books Got Their Titles
• Pronouncing Authors’ Names
• Today in Literature
• Wikipedia

Reviews [sources other than those covered by the Book Blogs Search Engine]

• AcqWeb’s Directory of Books Reviews on the Web
• AllReaders.com
• Barnes & Noble Review
• BlogCritics: Books
• The Book Book
• BookBrowse
• Bookforum.com
• BookPage
• BookReporter.com
• Chicago Tribune Books & Media Section
• The Complete Review
• The Critical Flame
• ForeWord Magazine
• The Guardian Books Section
• Internet Review of Books
• January Magazine
• Librarian’s Book Revoogle
• LitMob
• Los Angeles Times Books Section
• Metacritic.com
• The Millions
• The Mookse and the Gripes
• The Neglected Books Page
• The Nervous Breakdown
• New York Times Books Section
• Open Letters Monthly
• Publishers Weekly
• The Quarterly Conversation
• The Reader’s Robot
• ReadySteadyBook
• The Rumpus
• Salon.com’s Books Section
• USA Today Books Section
• Washington Independent Review of Books
• Washington Post Books Section

Romance Novels

• All About Romance
• Open Directory’s List of Links to Historical Romance Fiction Websites
• The Romance Reader
• Romantic Times 

Science Fiction Novels [see also Alternate History Novels]

• AwardWeb
• Fantastic Fiction
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Locus Online
• Open Directory’s List of Links to Science Fiction Novel-Related Websites
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (Texas A&M)
• SciFan
• SFFNet
• SFFWorld
• SF Signal

Selling Used Books

• Cash4Books.net
• SellBackYourBook.com

Social Networks (Title Recommendations, Book Discussions, Blogs, and Book Inventory Software)

• AllConsuming.net
• Anobii
• Atlanta BookCrossing Meetup Group
• Bibale
• Bibliophil.org
• Blippr
• Book Blogs
• Bookalytics
• BookArmy
• BookHuddle
• Booklikes
• BooksWellRead
• Bookwormr
• BookJetty
• Chain Reading
• Collectorz.com’s Book Collector
• ConnectviaBooks
• Delicious Library
• FaceBook’s Visual Bookshelf
• GoodReads (Owned by Amazon.com)
• GuruLib
• JuiceSpot
• Lib.rario.us
• Library Thing
• Listal
• Mystery Net
• Reader2
• Reading Trails
• Riffle
• Shelfari (Owned by Amazon.com)
• ShelfCentered
• Squirl

Televison Programs

• Book TV 

Video Trailers for Books

• Book Screening

Sources consulted to create the listings in the Booklover’s Toolbox include:

• The Best 150 Books Sites to Know About (Populaire.eu)
• BiblioBuffet’s “Books & More Books” Links
• Books Toolbox: 50+ Sites for Booklovers (Mashable.com)
• 80 Online Resources for Book Lovers (Kevin Bondelli)
• Links for Book Lovers (Tulsa City-County [OK] Library)
• Links to Everything Literary (BookBitch)
• Love to Read: Finding Books & Book Clubs (Internet Public Library)
• 100 Places to Connect with Other Bibliophiles Online (Online Education Database)
• 100 Tips and Tools for Managing Your Personal Library (PhD American History Online.com)
• Web Sites for Book Lovers (Morton Grove [Illinois] Public Library)

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