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Award-winning and Definitive Book Lists:
From the Lists of Bests site: a compendium of book lists, including award-winners:
From the New York Times and Powell's City of Books:
Websites for Similar Authors
Check out these websites for recommendations of other authors who write in similar styles or genres of your favorite authors.
http://anniston.lib.al.us/readalikes.htm
http://www.hooverlibrary.org/read-alikes
http://www.bookbrowse.com/read-alikes/
http://thereadingzone.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/read-alikes-and-booklists/
Recommended Websites for e-book Fans
Project Gutenburg at www.gutenberg.org
Over 36,000 e-books FREE for download. Books were digitized with the help of thousands of volunteers around the globe. They were dedicated to converting public domain books into e-books, promoting free access to literature. I personally find it difficult to navigate this website.
Scribd at www.scribd.com/explore/
A social publishing site, where tens of millions of people share original writings and documents legally. Scribd’s vision is to liberate the written word. Registrations are required before downloading any e-books.
Manybooks at www.manybooks.net
Thousands of free e-books pre-formatted for reading on your computer, smartphone, iPod, or e-reading device. Most of the e-books are contributed by authors. They provide free conversion to many types of e-books format.
Obooko at www.Obooko.com
Hundreds of Free e-books in a wide range of genres and categories for immediate download in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats.
Bookyards at www.bookyards.com
Bookyards is your online public library to the world with a large selection of free digital books, e-books, and journals, plus the largest collection of reference materials and educational resources for your educational and personal interest.
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