Book Reviews and Awards
Accelerated Reading Book Finder Database: a database for finding books by topic and book level
CCBC Booklists for High School: booklists of recommended books on a wide range of themes and topics from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award: the most popular books nominated by middle and high school students in the State of Colorado
New York Times Best Seller Lists: weekly best sellers report provided by the New York Times
Teen Reads: reviews, author profiles, contests, and booklists
YALSA’s Book Awards and Booklists: awards and lists from the Young Adult Library Services Association (includes Best Books, Outstanding Books for the College Bound, Teens’ Top 10, various awards and more)
Reader’s Advisory Tools
Based on the Book: a database of books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures
Good Reads: social cataloging and recommendation service
Google Books: from Google, provides a wealth of information about books from various sources. Useful tool for searching within a book to locate specific quotes.
Library Thing: social cataloging and recommendation service
Novelist: reader’s advisory database for discovering fiction books provided by EBSCOhost
What Should I Read Next: reading recommendations based on similar books or authors
What’s Next Database: the Kent Library District Books in Series database helps you search series fiction
Worldcat.org: find books at libraries near you using the Worldcat.org global catalog of library collections
Young Adult Book Series: a wiki from Bettendorf Public Library that provides information on young adult books in series and sequels