====== Readers Advisory ======
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===== Award Winners =====
Children
  * [[https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/alsc/content/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecott-medal-honors-to-present.pdf|Caldecott Medal and Honor Books]]
  * [[https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2024-04/newbery-medals-honors-1922-present.pdf|Newbery Medal and Honor Books]]
  * [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award-winners|Coretta Scott King Awards]]
Adults
  * [[https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219|Pulitzer Prize Fiction]]
  * [[https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/full-list-of-booker-prize-winners-shortlisted-and-longlisted-authors|Booker Prize]]
  * [[https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards/years/|National Book Award]]  
===== Bibliographies of Network Materials =====
  * [[bibliographies_for_adult_readers|Bibliographies for Adults]]
  * [[bibliographies_for_children_and_young_adults|Bibliographies for Children and Young Adults]]
  * [[bibliographies_state_regional_interests|Bibliographies with State or Regional Interests]]  
  * [[bibliographies_of_movie_adaptations|Bibliographies of Movie Adaptations]]
  

===== Other Online Resources =====
==== From the Network ====
  * [[http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/readings.asp|Wolfner's Recommended Readings]]
  * [[https://www.library.ca.gov/btbl/next-read/|California's BTBL Find Your Next Read]]: listing of KLAS Subject Headings, Staff Pick Articles, Bibliographies by Topic, Read-Alike lists, links.
==== For Series ====
  * [[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/|Fantastic Fiction]]
  * [[http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ref/booksinseries.asp|Nebraska's Books in Series Database]]
  * [[http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNext.asp|What's Next]]
==== For Movie Adaptations ====
  * [[http://www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/based-book|Based on the Book]]: sort by Movie Title, Movie Release Year, Book Title, Book Author. Database goes back to 1980.
==== For Reading Groups ====
  * [[http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/|Reading Group Choices]]
  * [[http://www.readinggroupguides.com/|Reading Group Guides]]
==== For Reader's Advisory ====
  * [[http://www.earlyword.com/|EarlyWord]]: News for Collection Development and Readers Advisory Librarians
  * [[http://libraryreads.org/|LibraryReads]]: The top ten books published this month that librarians across the country love.
==== For Browsing ====
  * [[http://www.openingthebook.com/whichbook/|Whichbook]]: Begin with selectors for mood, style, plot, character, or setting (there is a text-only version) to find suggestions for books which most closely match your needs.  Every title has been added by a changing team of 70 people from libraries and literature organizations and concentrates on books people won't find by themselves.
  * [[https://www.bookbrowse.com|BookBrowse]]: Online magazine for booklovers - including reviews, previews, "behind the book" backstories, author interviews, reading guides, find a book tool, info for book clubs, and more!
  * [[http://bookriot.com/|BookRiot]]: Book reviews and recommendations. Lots of articles, standing columns, and podcasts about bookish topics.
  * [[https://www.goodreads.com/|GoodReads]]: Now an Amazon company, user-populated database of books, annotations, and reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys/polls, blogs, and discussions.