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How to find a good read

There are many websites that can offer you reading suggestions along with general information about authors and books.

Book Trust
Creative reading, reading suggestions, project information, Arts Council info, good links
Bookwire
Lists latest releases; American and Canadian bias.
Crime Time
On line crime writing magazine
Everybody's Reading
North West libraries reading site
Good Book Guide
Reading guides and recommendations, author interviews, reviews, features
Guardian Unlimited: Books
Comprehensive site about reading and thematic approaches to reading with suggestions
Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism
Information about authors and literary criticism browsable by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Literacy Trust
Excellent site packed with reading ideas and information for all ages
Opening The Book
Resources for reading; training for reading professionals. Promotional ideas
Reading Is Fundamental, UK
Useful info about reading development promoting the fun and fundamentals of reading for children for parents
Turning The Page
A website that gives public access to the British Library's collections, Turning the Pages allows users to read works such as Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and the Diamond Sutra, a Chinese manuscript from AD868 and the earliest dated book.
whichbook.net
whichbook.net gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood. Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook.net starts from the reader, and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but don't quite know how to define.