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"Great Reads"

Bestseller Lists

The Amazon.com 100
"The 100 titles Amazon.com customers couldn't live without in the last 24 hours. Updated hourly."
Barnes & Noble Bestsellers
Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestsellers from both online and in-store sales.
New York Times Bestseller List
"The Times on the Web will now publish the New York Times best-seller lists a week in advance of the printed Sunday Book Review." Complete lists require free registration to the New York Times Web Site.

Other great reads...

NY Times 100 Notable Books of the Year-2008
Selected by The Book Review from books.
NY Times Book Reviews
Search book reviews back to 1980. Also has new book reviews and links to reading groups for different genres. Requires free registration.
Salon.com Books
Book reviews of interesting and off-beat books. Recommendations monthly ("What to Read In..." the given month)
Sleepers: Books You May Have Missed
Recommended titles both fiction and non-fiction. This is a great resource for books you don't always see on the bestseller lists. Updated reguarly.
netLibrary NetLibrary is a collection of online books (eBooks). Using netLibrary, you can access a wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online.
Based on the Book
A listing of movies that are based on books, short stories, and plays. Searchable by movie title, book title, movie release year, and book author.
What's Next
Search by author or title to see what comes next in a series.
The Internet Book List
Search for books by author, genre, title, series and more. Also has online book discussions and ratings from readers. Similar to the Internet Movie Database.
Stop, You're Killing Me
A great resource for mystery and suspense books. Includes chronological lists of books and dates on future releases. Search and browse by author or character.
Clearwater History
Books about Clearwater and the surrounding communities.
Teen Reads
Includes school reading lists and books geared toward teens.

Also Check out GaleNet's What Do I Read Next? and Literature Resource Center, available anywhere with a CPLS library card.

Library-Related Sites

American Library Association
ALA provides "leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all."
Library of Congress
Special collections, U.S. History, Exhibitions, forms and information from the Copyright office, and great research information.
Libweb - Library WWW Sites
A database of library sites from around the world. Updated daily.
Local Libraries
A list of Pinellas County public libraries.
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