POB Library Readers' Corner

Award Winners	Chick Lit at the Library	Online Book Clubs
Bestseller Lists	Celebrating the Short Story	Research Books & Authors
Blogs	Databases	Sharing Books Online
Book Clubs	Find a Good Book	Books to Read While the Birds Sing
Books in the News	Listen to Books
Bookstores	New Arrivals

Award Winners
Amer. Library Association Notable Books	Pulitzer Prizes
Literature Prizes	Romance
Mystery	Science Fiction
National Book Awards - 2009

Bestseller Lists
New York Times	Wall Street Journal Bestsellers
Publisher's Weekly

Blogs
Booklist Online Book Reviews from the American Library Association	New Pages
CriticalMass The blog of the National Book Critics Circle board of directors	PaperCuts
DearAuthor	BookBlog
Millions	BlogCritics

Book Clubs
Book Club Girl	Reading Group Choices
Information & Advice for Book Clubs/Reading Groups	Reading Group Guides
LitLovers	Starting a book club from the Seattle Public Library
Open Book Club	POB Book Club In a Bag
Reader's Circle	Need a list of general book discussion questions? Click here

Books in the News
BookPage	National Public Radio (NPR) Books
CNN Book Reviews	Oprah's Books
Entertainment Weekly - Books in the News	Today Show Book Club
Fresh Fiction	Writer's Almanac

Bookstores
Amazon	Powells
Barnes & Noble

Databases
Bloom's Literary Reference	Literature Resource Center Criticism, biographies and list of works for noted authors
Contemporary Authors Biographical information - U.S. and International	LitFinder Poems, Short Stories, Essays, Speeches and Plays
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Critical essays on noted authors	Novelist Book discussion guides and book talks Find similar books and book reviews
Fiction Catalog Selected annotated list of fiction for adults	Scribner Writers Series Critical essays on the works of noted world authors Biographies and research topics
Gale Virtual Reference Library Log into the database and scroll down to Literature. Click on View Publications for links	Twayne's Author Series Critical essays on the works of noted world authors from ancient times to present
Literature For Students Online Criticism and analysis of Poetry, Novels, Drama, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Shakespeare, etc.

Find a Good Book
AllReaders.com Allows you to choose from hundreds of plot, style, character and setting options to find precisely what you're looking for	Newsday
BookBrowse	NextBook A gateway to Jewish literature, culture and ideas
BookPage	NotableBooks - American Library Association
BookReporter	OverBooked
BookSense	Poets
BookSpot	Readers Read
Cozy Mystery	Reviews Of Books
Local Authors	Romance Reader
Locus Online News, Reviews, Resources, and Perspectives of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror	Sci Fic
Monster Librarian: Reader's Advisory for Horror Fiction Readers	Stop You're Killing Me A website to die for...if you love mysteries
Mysteries	Thrill Writers
New York Times Notable Books 2009	Western
	What Should I Read Next?

Listen to Books
Playaway	For a complete selection of our audio collection please visit our Media Department.

New Arrivals

Newest Arrivals

Plainview Picks
Read the bestsellers without waiting. You will find them on the New Book Shelf and they are available on a first come, first serve basis. They circulate for 7 days, and the fine will be $.25 a day overdue. You can still reserve the bestsellers as always and if you find a Plainview Pick book for which you already have a reserve, please let Circulation know so that we may give that book to the next patron. Come in and take a chance.

Research Books and Authors
Books Made Into Films	Contemporary Poets
Bartleby	Free Book Notes Summaries and analysis for 1600+ books.

Sharing Books Online
BookArmy	LibraryThing
BookGlutton	Scribd You can publish your own writing, share and read what others have written
DailyLit Read books by e-mail and RSS	Shelfari
GoodReads	WeRead
Open Book Club