Authors and Books

100 Best Novels

The Modern Library's list of the best novels of the last hundred plus years. Interesting list.

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online

Unlimited free access to full text fiction, nonfiction, poetry and reference sources

Google Books

Google has partnered with dozens of libraries in digitizing books as well as over 20,000 publishers and authors to make books discoverable on Google. You can flip through a few preview pages of these books, just like you'd browse them at a bookstore or library. You'll also see links to libraries and bookstores where you can borrow or buy the book. Books

NoveList Plus

Use Novelist to discover new authors and books by searching for your favorite authors, books, topics, or themes and having similar authors and books listed. Includes both fiction and nonfiction. You can also search by the title of a series to identify individual titles in a series. Provided by the Pioneer Library System and Geneva Public Library Central Library Program. LIBRARY CARD NEEDED

OverDrive - Compatible eBook Devices

Overdrive, the provider of the library's downloadable ebooks, has provided this list of compatible ebook readers. Very useful.

Owwl2Go

Log in, download and listen to audio books on your computer or MP3 player.

The Reader's Robot -- A Reader's Advisory Service

Small database of about 20,000 book reviews, a bit old school, and not as useful as Novelist as an aid in selecting a book.

Twayne Authors

Book-length critical studies of some 60 authors. A Gale Collection provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny, connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information. LIBRARY CARD NEEDED

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