- Awful Library Books ~ blogs about books that should have been removed from library collections but haven’t been – good, bad and ugly books – and such a fun blog!
- Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks ~ fun or frustration for grammar pedants.
- Bookgasm
- Citizen Reader ~ Mostly non-fiction.
- Dove Grey Reader ~ a Devonshire based bookaholic, sock-knitting quilter.
- Good Oil From the Shed ~ BMCC Library blog for blokes.
- Guardian Newspaper Books Blog
- Judge a Book By Its Cover ~ awful book covers reviewed.
- People Reading ~ blog with pictures and commentary on people caught reading in public. Strangely compelling.
- Readers in the Mist ~ BMCCs Library Blog – books, reading, library stuff.
- Shelf Talk ~ Blog from Seattle Public Library.
- Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books ~ A blog that reviews romance novels from a couple of smart bitches who will always give it to you straight.
- Guardian Books ~ book news and reviews.
- The Rap Sheet ~ crime fiction blog.
- Novel Ideas ~ Manly Library’s blog.
WEBSITES
- 100 Search Engines for Bibliophiles ~ Whether you want to find a great deal on the latest thriller or do some extensive research for a school project, these 100 search engines and web tools can help to point you in the right direction, saving you time that can be better spent reading.
- ABC First Tuesday Book Club ~ gathers Australian booklovers together on a monthly basis, a reading shot in the arm on the first Tuesday of each month. Each episode aims to rekindle nostalgic literary favourites and encourage viewers to read books they might not have otherwise read . a spine tingling experience.
- Blue Rectangle ~ video book reviews.
- Fantastic Fiction ~ Find out about authors and titles, what books come in which order in a series, who else might write like . . .
- Feed in My Box ~ use this to subscribe to blogs, etc. without having to create a User Account and Password.
- Fiction Connection ~ Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy.
- GoodReading Magazine ~ Online version of this Australian magazine with information on “Everything About Books” including thousands of easy to read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and International articles, author profiles, stories on writers’ houses, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more. Available from your home PC using your library card barcode to enter.
- LibraryThing ~ Enter what you’re reading or your whole library. It’s an easy, library-quality catalog with a community of 900,000 book lovers so LibraryThing connects you to people who read what you do
- Literature Map ~ The closer the other names are to your favourite author, the more they write alike.
- Reading Group Guides ~ Questions for specific titles and generic questions for any book
- Reading Group Center (Random House/Vintage/Anchor) ~ hundreds of free reading guides, searchable by category, author or title
- The Republic of Pemberley ~ for Jane Austen fans
- The Romance Reader ~ news and reviews for Romantics.
- State Library of NSW
- Stop You’re Killing Me ~ resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. Listing over 3,000 authors, with chronological lists of books (over 34,000 titles), both series (3,400+) and non-series.
- What should I read next? ~ Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers’ favourite books (over 65,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next.
- Whichbook? ~ Really clever. Enter what kind of book you’d like to read (sad/funny, safe/disturbing, sex/no sex) and see what is suggested.
- All About Romance
- Bibliotravel
- BBMCC Library Catalogue
- Book Lust
- Book Movement (for book groups)
- Books Well Read
- Bookslut
- Matilda book blog : 2008 A year in Australian literature
- Morton Grove Public Library (US) Reader’s Corner
- Orange Prize for Fiction
- Perfect Books for Reading Groups
- Reading Agency (UK)
- The Compulsive Reader
BEST OF LISTS
- Book Depository Books of the Year 2010 - the 1,000 bestsellers of 2010 from The Book Depository
- 35 Going on 13: The Year’s Best Teen Fiction for Adults ~ from the Library Journal, Nov 2008
- 50 Novels to read when you need a good laugh
- Citizen Reader blog Worst Books of 2008
- Fun in the sun : laugh out loud summer books
- Good Reading blog – Books I regret reading ~ vote for the books that you thought were a waste of time
- Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read
- Guardian Decade’s Best Unread Books
- LA Times Favourite Books of 2008
- LA Times Favourite Fiction of 2009
- LA Times Favourite Non-fiction of 2009
- Love Reading’s Perfect Books for Book Groups
- National Posts Top Ten Books of the Decade ~ Canada’s Top 10 – for Heather
- NPR Top 100 Thrillers
- Readings Bookshop Staff Best Books of 2008
- Readings Bookshop Best Fiction of 2009
- Readings Bookshop Best Non-fiction of 2009
- The Sunday Times Fiction books of 2008
- Sydney Morning Herald Critics’ Choice 2008
- The Telegraph 100 Novels Everyone Should Read
- Ten Books to Give Your Non-reading Friends
- The Times Books of the Year 2009
- The Times 100 Best Books of the Decade
- The Times Best Crime Novels of the Decade
- The New York Times Best 10 books 2008
- The Economist Best books 2008
- The Age Favourite writers 2008
- SMH Critics choice 2008
- Matilda blog ~ 2008 A year in Australian Literature
- Granta ~ Books of the Year 2008
ONLINE BOOK SHOPS
Good Bookshops
- Shearer’s on Norton, Leichhardt (see websites list)
- Megalong Books, Leura
- The Turning Page, Macquarie Rd, Springwood
2nd Hand Bookshops
- Brown Books, Shop 4, 125 Macquarie Rd, S
- Jimmy D’s, Macquarie Rd, S
- Lamdha Books, 32 Station St, WF
- La Maison du Livre, Shop 7, 166 The Mall, Leura
- Mr Pickwick’s, 86 Katoomba St, K
- Katoomba Book Exchange, 34 Katoomba St, K
- Checkhov’s Three Sisters, 9 Katoomba St, K
- Blue Mountains New & Pre-Loved Books, 66 Katoomba St, K
