Books & Reading

Online Databases - Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

Booklist Online - Book reviews from 1992 from the American Library Association.

FictionConnection - Find a great book on this fun and interactive site. Listings include plot summaries and reviews. [How to use]

Fiction Room - Find novels and audiobooks by setting and character. Find movies based on works of fiction. 

Global Books In Print - Reviews, summaries and price of more than 11 million books, audiobooks, DVDs and videos. [How to use]

Non-Fiction Connection - Find great non-fiction books on popular topics like Biography, Travel Stories, True Crime and more.

NoveList - If you're looking for a good read - start here! Find out who writes like your favourite author, other books in a series, and other great reading suggestions.

TumbleBooks -  Animated picture books, novels and classics with sound, music and narration as well as read-along titles for students from K-12. Adjustable text size and complete audio narration. Sentences are highlighted as they're read. Pages turn automatically. Great for reluctant readers and an excellent tool for ESL. [Requires Flash]

TumbleBooks For iPAD - Animated picture books, novels and classics with sound, music and narration for iPads.

TumbleReadables - Read-along books for students K-12. Great for reluctant readers and ESL. Read these books online or listen as they are read aloud - not downloadable. [Requires Flash]

TumbleTalkingBooks/AudioBookCloud.com - Streaming audio books from classics and non-fiction to novels, children's and teen books, and plays -- including Shakespeare.

Subject Guides - Open Resources (no login required)

BookShorts Moving Stories TV - film, video and trailers inspired by books.

DailyLit - Read books online by daily email and RSS feed.

Downloadable Audiobooks - Listen to hundreds of popular titles on your computer or audio device. [How to use]

Downloadable eBooks - Downloadable versions of print books for adults, teens and children. Optimized for on-screen reading. In Adobe Reader/Adobe Digital Editions and Mobipocket Reader format. [How to use]

YourNextRead - Book recommendations and read-alike suggestions based on users' input.

Who Writes Like - A great online reader's guide to fiction authors.

Author Information Websites

Author Yellow Pages - A searchable directory of author websites.

Authors on the Web - Websites built by authors.

BC BookWorld - BC Author Bank - A great place to find out more about literacy activity in British Columbia – over 7,000 authors listed. Maintained by BC BookWorld, Canada's largest-circulation independent newspaper about books.

Fantastic Fiction - Book lists for over 15,000 authors and information on over 250,000 books published in the U.K. Throughout the site, just click on a book to see its cover picture, description and publication details.

Meet the Author | Bringing Books to Life! - Watch authors introduce their books in their own words. These video clips are not reviews and they are not written by the marketing departments of publishers.

Bestseller Lists

BC Bestsellers - Top selling adult and children's books by BC authors and publishers from the Association of Book Publishers of BC.

New York Times Bestsellers, 1950-present

Book Review Websites

BookWire - BookWire Reviews - An extensive database of more than 600 reviews since 2004.

Books - The New York Times Book Review - Book news and reviews from the "granddaddy" of all North American dailies.

Books | Book reviews, news and features | Times Online - Book news and reviews from the United Kingdom.

January Magazine - BC website devoted to books. 

Quill & Quire » Book reviews index - Book reviews from the magazine of Canada's book industry.

Quillblog - Opinions and news blog about Canadian books and publishing.

The New York Review of Books - Home - Online edition (not full content of print edition) of this venerable U.S. magazine.

Tyee Book Home Page :: tyeebooks.ca - A book blog from BC's independent online newspaper.

globeandmail.com: Globe Books - The lastest reviews from one of Canada's national newspapers.