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Articles & Information

Books-Book Reviews

AllReaders.Com
The site's search engine sorts and displays several thousand reviews by requested plot, character types, structure, prevailing themes and other attributes.

BookBrowse
Publishes excerpts from current fiction and non-fiction bestsellers and discussed books. Also includes reviews and brief author biographies.

Book Page
This monthly general interest book review features reviews of new nonfiction and fiction, including audio books. Also includes author interviews, book club recommendations, and special interest lists. Searchable.

Books & Authors - Richmond Times Dispatch
Provides information about new books and what authors are doing. Emphasis is on local and state authors. Also includes links to Virginia author blogs & multimedia content.

BookSpot: Book Reviews
Links to online book review sites.

CliffsNotes
Free literature study guides. Includes: summaries, character analyses, critiques, and more.

New Pages Guide to Review Sources
Long list of book review sites, including links to review sections of newspapers.

New York Times Book Review
Includes an archive of thousands of reviews, book-related news pieces, bestseller lists and interviews back to 1996. See "Book Search." Free registration may be necessary to access all features.

Online Literary Criticism Collection
Links to thousands of critical and biographical resources dealing with American and British literature from pre-1500 to the twentieth century.

PinkMonkey.com
Bills itself as “The World's largest Library of Free Online Literature Summaries”. Includes: study guides, chapter summaries, a digital library of classic texts, and more.

ReviewsofBooks.com
A "one stop for reviews of recently released books." Collects book reviews from major online media sites. Each book must have at least three reviews. Searchable.

SparkNotes
Free online study guides to literature classics. Each guide includes: characters, a chapter-by-chapter summary, study questions, and more.