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This site lists awards for: American Library Association Award, Audie Award (Audio books), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Buckeye Children's Book Award, Caldecott Medal (American picture book for children), Christy Award, (Contemporary Christian fiction), Coretta Scott King Award, Edgar Award (Mystery), Hugo Award (Science Fiction), James Beard/KitchenAid Awards (Cooking), National Book Award, National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Nebula Award (Science Fiction/Fantasy), Newbery Medal (American literature for children), PEN/Faulkner Award (Fiction), Printz Award (Young Adult), Pulitzer Prize

The RITA Awards recognize the best romance novels and novellas in various categories published each year.

Includes book reviews, author interviews, lists of recommended titles, and news about upcoming chick-lit releases.

Formerly "Chick Lit is Not Dead" by bloggers and authors Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke. See blog for book reviews and author interviews of upcoming popular chick-lit and women's fiction.

Offers links to many different mystery sites with reviews, current mysteries, and mystery series

A fun, interactive site where you can combine genres to generate a listing of read-alikes.

Complete bestseller lists from Publishers Weekly online.

Collections of book reviews from major online media sites that are readily available online. Also contains peer book reviews written just for the site

Whichbook allows reader's to select their personal preferences and then generates a customized list of reading recommendations.

A Literary society comprised of both authors and readers of historical fiction that reviews and promotes the genre in the US and the UK. Their online magazine offers book reviews and feature articles that are searchable by author, sub-genre and time period.

Lists author, title, and synopsis of novels receiving at least one starred review. Provides lists of Historical Fiction and Historical Crime Fiction.

Website devoted to the Christian novel with book reviews and upcoming titles, along with an author index and search capabilities

The American Christian Fiction Writers Association's guide to current and popular inspirational fiction with reviews, author interviews and much more.

Voted on by a panel of judges including gay and lesbian writers and those in the publishing industry, along with readers in the online world.

Lists award winners and offers reading suggestions. Note: There is no search feature

Offers searching by artist, album, title, record label, and music style. Also offers music news and reviews.

Complete bestseller lists from Publishers Weekly online.

Thoughtful reviews make this one of the best speculative fiction blogs. The emphasis is on fantasy, but science fiction and horror are also reviewed.

Lists author bibliographies, series chronologies, books on major genre themes, and new and forthcoming releases by month

Bibliography of over 3,000 novels, stories, and essays covering alternative histories and the "what if's" of history

Film production company that conducted a nationwide poll of the top 125 Southern books of all time.

Celebrates the classic as well as the newer Southern authors through book reviews and author sketches. No search capability.