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As seen on TV

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As seen on TV

• PBS Masterpiece Book & Film Club: www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/bookclub/

• Oprah's Book Club

• Today's Book Club - MSNBC: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041344/

• ABC News: Good Morning America Book Excerpts: abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/

Web Links and More:

Awards & Prizes

Book News & Reviews

Reading Suggestions

Fiction Genres

Local Interest

More Sites for Book Lovers

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Awards and Prizes
**see also specific Fiction Genres**

• National Book Award: awarded by the National Book Foundation for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature published in the U.S.
  • For Fiction
  • For NonFiction
  • For Poetry
• Pulitzer Prize: awarded for achievement in American journalism, letters, drama and music
  • For Biography
  • For Fiction
  • For History
  • For Nonfiction
  • For Poetry
• Booker Award: awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the U.K., the Commonwealth, or the Republic of Ireland
• Nibbies: the British Book Award www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_winners.asp

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Book News & Reviews

• Bookpage: America's Book Review www.bookpage.com
• Book Reporter: "where readers and writers click" www.bookreporter.com
• Publisher’s Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com
• New York Times Review of Books: www.nybooks.com/nyrev/

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Reading Suggestions

• If You Like... : Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand library.christchurch.org.nz/Guides/IfYouLike/
• Hennepin County Library (MN) "If You Like..." www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl/
• Kent District Library What’s Next ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp
• Manchester Public Library What Do I Read Next? library.ci.manchester.ct.us/ra/readnext.html Reader's Advice Search for new books to read by author, genre and subgenre, or series www.readersadvice.com

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More Sites for Book Lovers

• Organize Your Reading and Library Accounts: Internet services that can help you keep track of your reading and your library accounts www.jeffersoncountylibrary.org/reference/libacct_extras.shtml
• Overbooked: Specializes in literary and genre fiction information. Includes author web pages, annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books www.overbooked.org
• Book Review www.bookreview.com
• Digital Librarian: a librarian’s choice of the best of the Web www.digital-librarian.com/literature.html
• Digital Books/Books on the Web: Classic novels in html (some PDF editions, non-fiction, reference, poetry) www.bibliomania.com
• Project Gutenberg: public domain editions in e-text www.promo.net/pg/
• All Readers: extremely detailed search engine helps you find just the right read www.allreaders.com

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Local Interest:

• JCL Bibliographies:
  • Local True Crime
  • Missouri's Fiction Authors
  • Stories Set in Missouri

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Fiction Genres:

Inspirational

Mystery

Romance

SciFi / Fantasy / Horror

Western

Historical

Inspirational:

• The Christy Award www.christyawards.com

• Overbooked: Inspirational Fiction www.overbooked.org/genres/inspirational/index.html
• Follow Your Dreams: General Inspirational www.followyourdreams.com
• JCL Bibliography: Christian Fiction Authors

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Mystery:

• Cluelass: (includes mystery awards) www.cluelass.com
• Mystery Readers International www.mysteryreaders.org
• Stop You’re Killing Me! www.stopyourekillingme.com
• JCL Bibliography: Award Winning Mystery Authors

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Romance:

• All About Romance www.likesbooks.com/home.html
• Historical Romance Writers historicalromancewriters.com
• The Pink Pages www.celestinegreen.com
• Romance Writers of America: includes the Rita and Golden Heart Awards www.rwanational.org

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Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror:

• Award Web: Comprehensive site that emphases science fiction???includes the Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Awards dpsinfo.com/awardweb/index.html
• Horror Writers Association: bestows the Bram Stoker Award www.horror.org
• SciFan www.scifan.com
• Uchronia: focuses on alternate history www.uchronia.com
• Locus Online www.locusmag.com
• JCL Bibliographies:
  • Horror Authors
  • Scary Stories for Grownups
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors

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Western:

• Western Writers of America www.westernwriters.org
• JCL Bibliography: Spur Awards

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Historical:

• HistFiction.net: Authors & Books in Historical Fiction
  www.histfiction.net

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