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Goodreads: A Community of Book Lovers
Personalized book recommendations.
Curated lists for book clubs and genres.
Annual Goodreads Choice awards.
Offers only previews of most books.
Limited selection of readable eBooks.
Readers can rate books before they’re released.
Looking for people who love, or hate, the book you’re currently reading?
How about book reviews, detailed feedback, and plot discussions?
It’s simply one of the best sites on the web for people interested in the written word.
you’re free to evenenter to win free books.
Amazon: Endless Books of All Types
Paper books, eBooks, and audiobooks.
Recommendations based on previous purchases.
First Reads early access program for Prime members.
Filter by rating, series, condition, language, and more.
Most reviews are too brief to be helpful.
Amazon.com is one of the best places to begin your book search.
you might find out of print books, rare books, used textbooks, and much, much more.
This should also be your first destination if you’re a Kindle user or audiobook listener.
I particularly like all the different ways Amazon organizes the books.
Find authors you might like.
Doesn’t show examples of the author’s books.
Have you ever fallen in love with an author, but you’ve read all their books?
This website helps you find similar authors you might also like.
The closer the writers are to each other, the more likely you’ll like both of them.
Literature-Map usesGnodto show recommendations.
BookFinder.com: Compare Prices Across the Web
Generates book price comparisons.
Searches inventories of 100,000+ booksellers.
Provides searches and price comparisons only.
BookFinder helps you compare book prices between multiple sources at once.
There are used books, textbooks, new and rare books, and out-of-print titles.
Five Books: Recommended Reads From the Experts
Pertinent book recommendations.
Explanations of the recommendations, if you want them.
No info about books before you click through.
Five Books interviews experts about the best books in their fields of expertise.
This site covers audiobooks, too.
CBR: In-Depth Comic Book Reviews
Extensive reviews for some comic books.
Previews of soon-to-be-released comics.
Slick website with top-notch graphics.
Recommendations in the form of ‘best’ lists.
Comic books overshadowed by comic TV/movie topics.
User account required for viewing some content.
If you’re a comic book aficionado, this is an excellent source for your favorite heroes and heroines.
IndieBound: Local Bookstore Finder
Find indie bookstores around you.
Results include name, city, and distance.
Indie Bestseller list dominated by mass-market books.
This easy-to-use search engine is a community of independent bookstores.
See theIndie Bestsellerspage for a weekly updated list of bestsellers and links to purchase them.
Alibris: Huge Collection of Used Books
Attractive, easy-to-navigate website.
Convenience of buying from multiple providers in one cart.
If you’re looking for books from independent publishers, this is one of the best resources online.
There are over 200 million books and tens of millions of other items like movies and music.
There’s also a handy search box for entering multiple ISBNs, useful for finding bundle discounts.
UPenn: Read the Classics Online
Search by partial title or partial author name.
Very dull site design.
The Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania lets you find and read online texts of classic books.
For example, a search forJane Austenshows a huge list of everything Austen on the web.
Powell’s Books: World’s Biggest Independent Bookstore
Has books you won’t see anywhere else.
Includes graphic novels for kids.
Some pages feel cluttered.
