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Best books Barnes & Noble: Discover Great New Writers 
 This seasonal feature (spring, summer, fall, holiday) highlights "the best forthcoming new work by debuting and underappreciated writers," according to a group of Barnes & Noble booksellers. Features fiction and nonfiction titles. Includes descriptions of the books, archives back to 1990, and an overview of the program and the selection process. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/awards/index.asp?PID=17913&z=y Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books Last updated Dec 5, 2007 The Booklist Center
Billing itself as "The Web's Largest Selection of Booklists," this site, by a retired librarian, provides hundreds of browsable booklists arranged in dozens of categories. In addition to the usual lists (science fiction, young adult, best sellers) there are links to such lists as "African Americans," "Environmental Issues," "Financial Investments," and "Islamic Religion and Culture." http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/ Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Jan 31, 2004 Bruce Dobler's Creative Nonfiction Compendium
Definitions and recommended readings for creative nonfiction, "that branch of writing which employs literary techniques and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry to report on actual persons and events." Maintained by an associate professor of English in the Creative Nonfiction Program at the University of Pittsburgh. http://www.pitt.edu/~bdobler/readingnf.html Topics: Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Dec 16, 2004 International Reading Association: Choices Booklists
Each year "thousands of children, young adults, teachers, and librarians ... select their favorite recently published books to be included in the Choices annotated booklists" published by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. These annotated lists include Children's Choices, Teachers' Choices, and Young Adults' Choices. This site features these lists back to 1998, book selection procedures, and information on how to become involved in the selection process. http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html Topics: Literature & Books Last updated Oct 28, 2004 Outstanding Books for the College Bound
This is a list of recommended books compiled for "students preparing for college, educators, librarians, and parents." The 2004 list "is organized into five academic disciplines: history, humanities, literature and language arts, science and technology, and social sciences and includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography and drama." Revised every five years by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/outstandingbooks.cfm Topics: Librarianship, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Sep 29, 2009 The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscience
This opinion piece provides suggestions for starting a reading group centered on "socially conscious and political novels." It includes ideas for forming and running the group and a briefly annotated list of reading suggestions that includes both classics and contemporary novels. From the website for Mother Jones magazine. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2005/10/reading-cure Topics: Activism, Hobbies, Literature & Books Last updated Sep 15, 2009 |
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