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• Adult Reading Round Table - Genre study notes, annotated booklists, and more, from a group of Illinois librarians and library staff who are interested in promoting literature and reading for pleasure.

• All Readers - This is not the prettiest web site, but it does contain a lot of information, including ratings on the level of violence, bad language and sexual content in specific books.
• Book Browse - Current fiction and nonfiction by author, title, and genre. Also book discussion guides, best sellers, and “Favorite Book” award winners.
• Genre Fluent - Homepage of Diana Herald, author of Genreflecting.  Hundreds of annotated titles, accessible by author and genre.
• Gnooks - Computer generated reading lists and read alikes.  Check-out the fun "map of literature" feature.
• Library Booklists - Links to more than 1400 library booklists and read alike lists. Fiction and nonfiction included.
• Overbooked - Self proclaimed “web site for ravenous & omnivorous readers. Overbooked provides information about fiction and readable nonfiction.”
• Reader's Robot - A searchable database of reviews that “reveal appeal,” compiled by the staff of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System in British Columbia, Canada. 
• What's Next? - Do you need to know the order of your favorite series?  Look no further than the What's Next?: Books In Series™ Database of Kent District Library.