1. Authors & Literary Criticism
2. Book Awards & Prizes
3. Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Concordance, & Translation Services
4. Fiction
5. Online Texts
6. Poetry

Authors & Literary Criticism

a.k.a. Pseudonyms

http://www.trussel.com/books/pseudo.htm#aka

More than 10,000 author pseudonyms, aliases, nicknames, pen names, maiden names, tec.

 

IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Links to over 1,000 critical and biographical Web sites dealing with American and British literature from pre-1500 to the twentieth century.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu

Comprehensive and annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet.

 

NovelGuide

http://www.novelguide.com

Literary analysis for over 60 classic and contemporary works. Provides chapter summaries, character profiles, metaphor and theme analyses, and author biographies.

 

Shakespeare Online

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

Includes ful-text plays, and sonnets, analyses and essays, a biography and sources for his plays.

Shakespeare Resource center

http://www.bardweb.net/

Resources about Shakespeare's life and works, play synopses, and information on Elizabethan England and The Globe Theatre.

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Book Awards & Prizes

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/

Official site contains information on all Nobel Prize winners to date.

 

The Pulitzer Prizes

http://www.pulitzer.org

Contains an archive of all winning works, including photos, editorial cartoons, music clips, and the full text of all winning articles back to 1995; a history of the Pulitzer; and an interactive timeline listing the names of all winners since 1917.

Powell's Books - Award Winners

http://www.powells.com/prizes/prizes.html

Lists current and past award winners for all major literary prizes, both children's and adult, fiction and nonfiction.

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Fiction

Christian Book Distributors

http://www.christianbook.com/

Your source for everything Christian--Compact Discs, Movies, Novels and more. Search for your favorite Christian fiction by subject, author, or keyword.

Fantastic Fiction

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

Over 10000 bestselling author bibliographies with all the newest books, covers and descriptions.

Historical Novel Society

http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/main.htm

Promotes all aspects of historical fiction and is the best place to find out about new historical fiction

Overbooked

http://www.overbooked.org

Includes recommended booklists in genre fiction, a discussion area, "hot lists" of forthcoming hardcover fiction releases, and lists of books that received at least one "starred review" in a major journal.

Reader's Advice

http://www.readersadvice.com/

Includes detailed breakdowns of genres and book lists by author and topic. Also includes lists of books in series.

Romance Writers of America

http://www.rwanational.org/

The site for this national organization has material about the romance genre for readers, members, booksellers, and librarians, including bestseller and award information, upcoming releases and author links.

SciFan: books & links for the science fiction fan

http://www.scifan.com/

Find book reviews, links & information on science fiction/fantasy authors. Includes over 7500 writers and 3500 series in their reading order.

Stop, You're Killing Me!

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/

A resource for lovers of mystery, intrigue and suspense books, this site includes hundreds of authors and series characters with complete, chronological lists of their books. The character index may be searched in a number of ways, including occupation, location, diversity, and historical period.

What’s Next

http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp

A reference for works of fiction in series. Enter a title, author, or name of a book in a series and get a list of the titles in that series. Produced by the Kent Michigan District Library.

 

 

 

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Online Texts

Bibliomania

http://www.bibliomania.com

Fully searchable full-text editions of classic works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a few reference titles. Includes the complete plays of Shakespeare, as well as major titles from Austen, Dickens, Twain, Freud, Benjamin Franklin, and others.

Books on the Internet

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Etext.html

Up-to-date, organized directory of links to full-text book collections on the Internet.

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Poetry

Bartleby Verse: American & English Poetry 1250-1920

http://www.bartleby.com/verse

Complete texts of The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1919; Yale Book of American Verse, 1912; Modern British Poetry, 1920; Modern American Poetry, 1919 and others. Searchable, with author, title, and first line indexes.

Last Modified September 27, 2005