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Reader's Advisory Sites on the Web - inks for every genre from mystery to westerns.

African American Links:

• African American Literature Book Club - features author profiles and book reviews.

• Black Books Direct - celebrates the growth of African American literature.

• Black Issues Book Review - provides you with a list of the hottest books on the market today.

• Book-Remarks.com - offers exciting, timely, positive, and useful information to the African-American reading community.

• CushCity.com -  Worlds Largest African-American Selection

• TheGrits.com - promotes Services for Authors, Bookstores, and Small Presses

• QBR The Black Book Review Online - QBR is the first book review exclusively dedicated to books about the African experience.

• Rawsistaz - focuses on reading, writing, and discussing books primarily by African-American Authors.

• Urban Book Source - the premiere Internet source for readers, writers, authors, publishers, and vendors of urban literature.

Historical & Western Links:

• Fictional Rome - More than 1,500 novels can be searched by title, author, date, subject and other categories.
• Historical Novel Society - promotes all aspects of Historical Fiction.
• Prehistoric Fiction - mlists of novels set in prehistoric times, and/or characters are members of a prehistoric society.
• Roundup Online Magazine - magazine of the Western Writer's of America features a complete list of all the Spur Award nominees.
• Western Writer's of America - check out the latest Spur Award winners or just dig into the info about everything Old West.

Horror Links:

• HWA: Horror Writers Association - get the latest Awards, recommended reading lists, and a history of the association.

• Gothic.net - longest running horror webzine. Contains reviews, booklists, etc. Best viewed with Internet Explorer.

• Literary Gothic -  concerned with literary Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to the mid 20th century.

• Monster Librarian - a site dedicated to helping librarians with horror genre as well as helping readers of horror find another good book.

Mystery Links:

• Mystery Net - join in mystery discussions, learn the history of mysteries or solve one of the mini-mysteries.

• Mystery Readers Journal - read online articles, reviews, and essays on tons of mystery themes.

• MystNoir African American - features African-American amateur sleuths, private eyes, and police detectives.

• Stop, You're Killing Me - mystery, intrigue and suspense books with complete, chronological lists of books in this sub-genre.

Romance

• All About Romance - features reviews and romance authors.

• Once Upon a Romance - Reviews, interviews, writing tips, industry news, recommended reads and fun links.
  

• The Romance Reader - get the latest news and views on romance novels and authors.

• Romantic Times - definitive romance guide and one-stop bookshop.

• Romance Writers of America - provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction.

Science Fiction & Fantasy Links

• Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase - catalogs works of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
• SF Site - dedicated to the best in science fiction and fantasy, in print and film.
• Science Fiction & Fantasy in Kansas City - science fiction & fantasy clubs, authors, conventions, fans and bookstores.
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America SFWA - lists of older don't-miss novels that often get overlooked.
• Uchronia - an annotated bibliography of novels, stories, essays and other material involving the "what ifs" of history.

If you have suggestions for our Reader's Advisory Page, please contact Darla Brown at dbrown@kckpl.lib.ks.us.

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