This is sorta my place to keep links about all things bookish. I've divided it up into three categories: where to get books, fun bookish sites, and book lists. If I've missed a favorite of yours, please leave a comment with the website so I can add it.
To Acquire, Exchange, Donate Books
- Book Mooch
- Book Closeouts
- Paperback Swap
- Mangatude
- Book Crossing
- Fetch Book - new & used books: find the lowest price; compare 143 bookstores.
For Fun
- Book Talk - a free online book discussion forum and reading group.
- Book Sprouts - the online community for book clubs
- 22 Books - create themed- book lists !)
- What Should I Read Next?
- Book Inscriptions Project
- Flashlight Worthy - book recommendations on hundreds of topics
- 100 Places to Connect w/ Other Bibliophiles Online
- Lists of Bests
Bookish Lists
- Rory Gilmore's Book List
- Newbery Medal Award Winners
- Newbery Honor
- Printz Award Winners
- Printz Honor Books
- Booker Prize Winners
- 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
- MLA's 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die
- The Guardian's 100 Best Books of all Time
- Random House Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century
- Time Magazine's 100 Best (1923 - Present)
- Books That Changed the World
- If You Haven't Read 'Em, Pretend You Have - The Hipster List
- The 100 Best Lesbian & Gay Novels
- Book Magazine's Best Bookish Characters
- Master Chicklit List
- Retold Fairy Tales
- How To Read a Book Readers List
- ALA's 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
- The Well Educated Mind List
- Harold Bloom's "The Western Canon"
- College Board's "101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers"
- Penguin Classics 100 Greatest
If you want, you can add sites like GoodReads or Library Thing. Some of those also have early reviewer programs or other giveaway programs you can add under your first category. I don't know where the Library Thing program is, but the URL for the goodreads First Reads program is here: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway - Both my husband and I have both won books off there already!
ReplyDeleteI would have said GoodReads too, what a fab list you've compiled. I'm going to check a few of the links to sites I haven't heard of.
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Amanda & Teddyree - Thank you both for the suggestions. I cannot believe I completely forgot about Good Reads/ Library Thing/ and gosh there's one more that is escaping me right now?!?
ReplyDelete(And Teddyree - thank you sooo much for the award!)
The other one I know of is Shelfari.
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