Reader's Advisory

Who writes like…?

http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/readers/who.htm

For a basic ‘who writes like?’ resource this site offers extensive recommendations. Also contains good links to other resources.


Genre specific

Mystery/Suspense/Horror http://www.authorsafterdark.com/

This site offers reviews and a lot of information about numerous titles in the genre. You can search by author, publisher, title and new releases but of particular value is the search by theme.

Romance http://www.theromancereader.com/

This site features recommendations, category searches, links to other titles by the same author and includes a ‘sensuality rating’.

Sci-Fi/Fantasty http://www.scifan.com/

Extremely extensive site listing author and series information. Includes list of similar titles/authors to read on.


Literature Awards

http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/awards/

This site extensively lists winning and shortlisted titles of numerous literary awards both national and international.


General

http://www.whichbook.net/

This site allows you to specify appeal characteristics and returns results that include reader comments and extracts from each book. Additionally you can search by plot, character or setting.

http://www.allreaders.com/

While you can search for author information and book reviews, the main strength of this site is to find books based on plot, setting or character descriptions. Search results narrowed to a particular title include recommendations of similar books. Includes authors of youth fiction.

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

This site is rich in information about a range of fiction and authors. A particularly good place to look for series information in a range of genres – just look for the series link at the top of the page.


Pseudonyms

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

Extensive lists of pseudonyms. Includes alias names, maiden names, nicknames and more.


Children and Teens

http://www.kidsreads.com/

Author interviews, series information, Books turned into movies and more. Includes some Australian authors and is kept current.



http://www.openingthebook.com/otb/page.asp?idno=173Opening the Book is a reader development organisation in the UK, which I stumbled across in inCite. This links to their 'working concepts' section, which has well-worded info about a reader-centred approach to promotions, displays, and service in your library. I like their descriptions of how they percieve user points of view, which you can relate to if you're into reading.


Reader's Advisor Online Presents the Best of 2007!

(An annotated list in PDF format is available from the blog post http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/20/readers-advisor-online-presents-the-best-of-2007/).


HOW TO GET BACK INTO READING

A great way of promoting what your library can do
http://gathernodust.blogspot.com/2007/10/top-ten-reading-hacks-or-how-to-get.html


Plus you also might like to use the 'rights of the reader' poster http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/assets_walker/dynamic/1158585957437/Rights-of-the-Reader-poster.pdf

Interesting article about non-appeal characteristics below...

http://www.rusq.org/index.php/2007/06/28/good-for-what-non-appeal-discussability-and-book-groups-part-1/