LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY

General Information	Fiction	Literary Criticism
Bestsellers	Full Text	Mythology
Book Reviews	List	Poetry
Bookstores		Publishers

• Allreaders.com - www.allreaders.com -
  This site provides readers information on plot, characters, structure, theme, and more.

• Author's Profiles - http://authors.aalbc.com
  This site will help you learn about African-American authors.

• BookSpot - http://www.bookspot.com -
  A comprehensive book site including book reviews, reading lists, bestsellers, etc.

• C-Span American Writers - http://www.americanwriters.org
  Find information on American writers from 1600-1975. C-Span programs include biographical information, critiques of various works, and much more.

• Collection of Great Literature Online - http://underthesun.cc/Classics -
  Find information on the works of American and world authors. Provides biographical information as well.

• Literary Resources on the Net - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ -
  This site contains a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature.

• SparkNotes Online Study Guides - http://www.sparknotes.com/ 
  This site provides a series of notes on a large number of books which are required reading at major universities.

• Book TV. Org - http://www.booktv.org/bestseller/ -
  Find a large number of sources for book reviews and bestseller lists.

• PW: Bestsellers - http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/ -
  Provides access to a large number of bestseller lists.

 

• Booklist - http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html -
  Provides access to the American Library Association's publication that annually reviews over
  4,000 books for adults and children.

• Bookpage Monthly Book Reviews - http://www.bookpage.com/ -
  Find current reviews, search the archives for past reviews, find Oprah’s Book Club, and more.

• New York Review of Books - http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/index.html -
  You can search the New York Review of Books without a fee at this time. As their archive grows, there will be a fee structure.

• Advanced Book Exchange - Books - Used, rare, out-of-print - http://www.abebooks.com/ -
  Provides a searchable database that brings buyers and sellers of rare, out-of-print, and antiquarian books together.

• Alibris - http://www2.alibris.com/cgi-bin/texis/bookstore -
  The ultimate source of out-of-print and rare books.

• Amazon.comBooks - http://www.amazon.com -
  Provides access to the largest online bookstore, with significant discounts. Offers 1.5 million books-in-print and over 1 million out-of-print titles.

• Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ -
  Barnes & Noble's online database offers 20% - 30% discounts.

• Best Book Buys - http://www.bestbookbuys.com/ -
  This site searches a wide variety of online book retailers to find all types of books at the lowest prices.

• Bibliofind - http://www.bibliofind.com/ -
  Provides online access for locating, evaluating or pricing rare, out-of-print, and antiquarian materials.

• FictionDB.com -http://www.fictiondb.com/ -
  This site provides access to the most comprehensive, searchable database of authors and titles presented on the internet.  It also offer reviews, links to author websites, pseudonym directories, and much more.

• Genrefluent - http://www.genrefluent.com/ -
  The author of Genreflecting updates her book with new reviews and links for young adult librarians, and Romance writers.

• History of Mystery - http://www.mysterynet.com/timeline/ -
  Provides an extensive database on the development and history of mystery. Includes links to other mystery related web sites.

• If You Like - http://www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl -
  This database links readers to fiction books they might enjoy.

• Inter-Play - http://www.lib.pdx.edu/systems/interplay/ -
  Inter-Play provides online access to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals from the late nineteenth century to the present. The index includes recent publications, many of which have not yet been included in print sources.

• Legends - http://www.legends.dm.net/index.html -
  Explores the history, literature, and lore surrounding legendary literary characters (Robin Hood, King Arthur, etc.) through up-to-date scholarship, essays, and reviews.

• Series and Sequels - http://www.bookbrowser.com/ReadingList/index.html#SS -
  This site helps the reader find series titles listed in order.

 

• Absolute Shakespeare - http://absoluteshakespeare.com/
  This site provides access to Shakespeare's plays, poems, sonnets, and much more. It also provides guides and commentaries to the works.
  
• Bibliomania - http://www.bibliomania.com -
  Provides access to an extensive full-text collection of plays, fiction, and other genres. Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Twain and others are represented.

• Cambridge History of English and American Literature - http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ -
  Originally published in 1907-1921, this work presents English and American literary history.

• Chapter One - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/books/features/recent.htm -
  Includes a collection of 500 first chapters of fiction and non-fiction books.

• Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable -
  Find the meaning and origins of classic fables from the 1895 edition of Brewer's.

• Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html -
  Provides access to a collection of folktales from around the world. Find Aesop's Fables, Bulfinch's Mythology, Grimm Brothers, and more.
  
• Gutenberg Digital - http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/gudi/start.htm - 
  This site provides access to the full text of the Gutenberg Bible. In addition, find biographical information, the history of printing, and more.

• New American Bible - http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/index.htm -
  Full text of the New American Bible.

• The On-Line Books Page - http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ -
  Provides access to more than 5000 English works in a variety of formats.

• An Online Library of Literature - http://www.literature.org -
  A full-text collection of classic literature, from L. Frank Baum to H.G. Wells.

• Online Medieval and Classical Library - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ -
  A full text collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.

• The Plays of William Shakespeare - http://www.theplays.org/
  Select the play you are interested in. Each play has its own search engine, concordance, quotes, and other information.

• Project Bartleby Archive - http://www.bartleby.com/index.html -
  Access to the full text of classic works by various authors, poets, and playwrights, as well as books such as Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and The Oxford Book of English Verse.

• Project Gutenberg - http://promo.net/pg/ -
  Provides access to 753 of the world's most commonly used reference works.

• Shakespeare - http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html - Shakespeare's plays in full-text (Mosby edition) are arranged by category.

• BookBrowser: The Guide for Avid Readers - http://www.bookbrowser.com/ -
  Provides a collection of fiction reading lists, arranged by genre, location, or series.
  

• Criticism on the Internet - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/9460/62111 -
  This site provides links to finding literary criticism on the Web.

• Online Literary Criticism Collection - http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/ -
  This site contains over 1,000 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works. Searchable by author, title, or literary period.

• Classical Myth - http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/ -
  This site is designed to draw together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology.

• Encyclopedia Mythica - http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/ -
  This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more.

• Academy of American Poets - http://www.poets.org -
  This site contains a tremendous range of information on poetry.

• AHA! Poetry - http://www.ahapoetry.com -
  Information for the aspiring poet.

• American Verse Project - http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/ - 
  This site is compiling an “electronic archive” of American poetry prior to 1920.

• BartlebyVerse: American & English Poetry - http://www.bartleby.com/verse/ -
  A continuation of the Bartleby project, this site includes the full text of American and English poetry from 1250 to 1920.

• Poetry Archives - http://www.emule.com/poetry/ - Find more than 3,000 full text classical poems from nearly 150 poets.

• Poetry Portal - http://www.poetry-portal.com
  Poetry Portal is a directory guide to Internet resources on poetry.

• Poetry Magic - http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/ -
  This site serves as a resource center for the theory and craft of writing poetry.

• Poets' Corner - http://www.theotherpages.org/poems -
  An extensive collection of over 4300 full-text poems by 513 poets.

• Rhyming Dictionary - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dougb/rhyme.html -
  Provides a semantic dictionary for poets and would-be poets.

• Romantic Circles - http://www.rc.umd.edu/ -
  This site is devoted to the study of the Romantic poets -- Shelley, Keats, Byron, and others.

• World Poetry Directory - http://www.unesco.org/poetry/bienvenue.php?initia=english
  This site provides access to links to major poetry festivals, prizes, journals, societies, and much more.

• Publishers Weekly - http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/ -
  Provides a wide range of information on what's happening in the publishing world, including Publishers Weekly Bestseller lists.

• PubList.com - http://www.publist.com/ -
  A comprehensive directory of information about more than 150,000 publications and more than 8000 newspapers around the world.