Iowa Library Service Areas
updated 11-22-10
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On the "iread...and talk" blog:
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- New York Times Best Sellers
- Amazon Bestsellers
- Fresh Fiction -- books featured in the current media
- BookLust (Nancy Pearl)
- RA for All (Becky Spratford)
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Readers Advisor Online (weekly update from Libraries Unlimited)
http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/
- Booktalks Quick and Simple--from Nancy Keane (booktalks, by author, title, subject, interest level, etc.)
- Librarians at Random Book Talks
- Bloodstained Bookshelf (mysteries)
- "Coming Soon" from Barnes & Noble
Lists--by Type / Category (character, setting, time period, etc.)
- Fiction_L List of Lists (Fiction booklists, from the members of Fiction_L)
- Genrefluent (from the author of Genreflecting) (includes short reviews)
- Reader's Advisory Lists from Chicago Public Library
- AllReaders
- whichbook.net
- Fiction_L List of Lists (Fiction booklists, from the members of Fiction_L)
- Genrefluent: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction
- Reader's Club (Libraries of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County)
- What's Next? Adult Fiction in Series
Single Genres [Mystery] [Romance] [SciFi/Fantasy] [Western] [Historical]
- Mystery
- Bibliomysteries (mysteries
with characters, plots, settings in the world
of books, libraries, etc.) - ClueLass Home Page (Mysteries)
- If you
like...from MysteryNet's Twilight Lane
(limited list, but features first chapters of books, so patrons could get the flavor) - Mysteries: Mystery Short Fiction (Index to mystery magazines, anthologies and single author collections)
- The Mystery Reader
- Stop, You're Killing Me
- Bibliomysteries (mysteries
with characters, plots, settings in the world
- Science Fiction/Fantasy
- SciFan (includes series, classics, themes, new & upcoming)
- Science
Fiction and Fantasy Website--Links (from the University of
Michigan) - SF Site
- Westerns
- Reader's Advisory - Westerns (Palm Beach County Library System)
- ReadAlike.org--Nonfiction Each author/book reviewed has extensive appeal factors, readalikes
- RUSQ: Incorporating Nonfiction into Reader's Advisory
- Fiction with an Iowa City Setting (Earl M. Rogers)
- Iowa: A Literary Landscape
- Iowa Authors Collection (University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections)
- Juvenile Series and Sequels (Mid-Continent Public Library)
- What's Next: Books in Series (Kent District Library)
- YA Books in Series and Sequels (Betterndorf Public Library)
- Bookhive -- for kids
- Booklists of Children's Literature (Monroe County Public Library, IN)
- Guys Read -- books that boys will enjoy
- Juvenile Series and Sequels (Mid-Continent Public Library)
- Reader's Club (Libraries of Charlotte & Meclenburg County ) Select "Young Adult"
- Recommended Literature: K-12 (California Dept. of Education)
- What's Next? Teen Series and Sequels
Read-Alikes and "If you like...."
- Author Lists (read alikes) Sioux City Public Library
- Hennepin County Library's "If you like"
- If you
like...from MysteryNet's Twilight Lane
(limited list, but features first chapters of books, so patrons could get the flavor) - If You Like...(romance novels)
- ReadAlike.org
Each genre lists authors reviewed; the page for each review includes extensive help with appeal factors and read-alikes. Includes both fiction and nonfiction.
Links to Reader's Advisory Resources on the Web
- Webrary (Morton Grove Public Library)
- Based on the
Book (Movies) (Mid-Continent Public Library)
A compilation of over 1,100 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures - Booktalks--Quick and Simple
- Fiction_L mail list--subscribing
- "The" Celebrity Reading List (Amazon)
If you
like...Bookmarks
Bookmarks in Word format for downloading--customize to your library and your collection.
Three bookmarks per sheet.
Do you have bookmarks or lists to share? (We'll format them for downloadable
bookmarks.) Contact Karen Burns at: kburns@swilsa.lib.ia.us
- Mystery 1 (If you
like: Sue Grafton, Lillian Jackson Braun, Diane Mott Davidson)
Karen Burns, Southwest Iowa Library Service Area - Mystery 2 (If you like:
Ellis Peters, P.D. James, Mary Higgins Clark)
Karen Burns, Southwest Iowa Library Service Area - Classic Romance (If you
like Barbara Taylor Bradford, Rosemunde Pilcher, Belva Plain)
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Contemporary Romance (If
you like Danielle Steel, Jude Deveraux, Fern Michaels)
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Horror (If you like Stephen
King, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice)
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Children/Youth (If you like
Judy Blume, R. L. Stine, J. R. R. Tolkien
Thanks to Hedy N. R. Hustedde and Bettendorf Public Library - Christian Fiction, Sandra
Brown and Janette Oke
Thanks to Vicki Myron and Spencer Public Library - Teen Fiction -- Sci-Fi &
Fantasy, Romance and Mystery/Horror
Thanks to Vicky Myron and Spencer Public Library - True Stories that Read Like
Fiction
Compiled by Sue at Southwest Iowa Library Service Area - Thrillers -- John
Grisham, Richard North Patterson, and Tom Clancy
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Police Procedurals -- Ed
McBain, Michael Connelly and Ruth Rendell
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Psychological Thrillers --
James Patterson, Jonathan Kellerman and Patricia Cornwell
Thanks to Kathy Kelly and Sioux City Public Library - Gentle Reads -- Jan Karon,
Janette Oke, and Anne Tyler
Thanks to Sallie Jones at Urbandale Public Library - Science for Non-Scientists.
- Creating a Blog for Reader's Advisory
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Republishing an iread Blog's RSS Feed on Your Library's Website
(As seen at the top of this page, to the right of the list of page sections)
- Archaeology Mysteries
- "New Classic" NonFiction
- Fascinating NonFiction
- Needlework--General Fiction
- Needlework Mysteries
- Romances--"Gentle Reads"
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July 15, 2008