E-Books
- Internet Public Library – links to a variety of online book collections.
- Librivox Audio Books – listen to books online.
Book News and Reviews
- The latest news about books from the New York Times as well as Sunday Book Review.
- Read up on the latest books in NPR’s book reviews and author interviews.
Lists of Bestsellers
Award-winning Books
- Pulitzer Prize Winners for Fiction
- Random House Modern Library 100 Best Novels
- BBC’s “The Big Read” – Top 100 Books (from 2003)
- The Guardian’s 100 Best Books of All Time (from 2002)
Book Awards – United States
- Edgar Award – Awarded by the Mystery Writers of America to honor the best fiction and nonfiction mystery writing.
- National Book Award – Five-member panels select the highest achievement in United States writing – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Fiction.
- National Book Critics Award – Awards from the best books and best reviews published in English.
- Romance Writers of America RITA Award – Awarded annually by a panel of members of the Romance Writers of America.
- Spur Award – Awarded annually by the Western Writers of America for distinguished writing about the American West.
International Awards
- Governor General’s Literary Awards – From the Canadian Council for the Arts, awarded to Canadian literature in 14 different categories.
- The Man Booker Prize – Highlighting the best novel of the year, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
- Nobel Prize in Literature – International award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Pulitzer Prize – Awarded at Columbia University each May for achievement in Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction, History, and Poetry.
