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Booklists for Adults 

You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the following lists, prepared by the Racine Pubic Library. They can be downloaded for free.

• African American Classic Fiction   
• African-American Contemporary Fiction
• Book Group Favorites
• Christian Fiction
• Films from Novels
• Guide to Finding Good Reads
• Hispanic/Latino Authors
• Historical Fiction
• Oprah Readalikes
• Oprah's Book Club Books
• Rediscovering the Classics
• Slick Flicks
• Small Town Stories
• Teen Titles

Literary Social Networks

• Goodreads
• LibraryThing
• Shelfari

Readers Advisory Websites

• Acqweb's Directory of Book Reviews
• African - American Literature Book Club
• Amazon.com
• Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
• Audible.com (owned by Amazon)
• Bestseller Lists 1900-1995
• Book Club Information
• Bookbrowse
• Bookbrowser
• Booklist Center
• Bookpage: America's Book Review
• BookSpot
• Curled Up With a Good Book
• Fiction Discussion Lists
• Fiction L
• Fresh Press: Books and Authors in the Media
• Genre Fiction Web Sites
• "if you like" database
  (Hennepin County Public Library)
• Librarian Nancy Pearl's 2009 Under-the-Radar Books
• Literary Awards
• Most Read Books
• National Book Awards
• Other Mystery Websites
• Overbooked
• Pearl's Picks
• Reading Group Choices
• Secondhand Bookstores: Bookfinder
• Subject Lists for Fiction
• WritersareReaders.com