General Book Web Sites

= Library Subscription

BookBrowse

"BookBrowse.com:  A literary smorgasbord of the best current books.  Each reviewed and extensively excerpted for your reading pleasure.  Plus author bios, interviews, reading guides and more."

Bookbrowser

BookBrowser is a wonderful site for fiction readers.  It offers the following reading lists:  Series and Sequels, If You Like . . . Try, Place and Time, and Best of . . . You can also find author information, book reviews, and forthcoming titles.   Readers' resources features magazines, conferences, newsletters, organizations, and much more.

Books In Print  

Search for books, audiobooks and videos by subject or author, or browse forthcoming books, book award lists, author biographies and bestseller lists. Library Subscription, available for use within City of La Crosse libraries.

LitFinder
LitFinder offers two indexes poemfinder an index to poems in anthologies with links to many poems in full-text. Also, a storyfinder with full-text short stories plus explanations and biographies. Library Subscription, available for use within City of La Crosse libraries.

Litweb

"Litweb includes over 500 biographies of the most important writers with their Author Index, selected bibliographies, and the winners, past and present, of the top literary prizes since they began."

Novelist

Includes a number of tools to help you find just the right book to read. If you are experiencing problems at home try this alternative link for EbscoHost. Library Subscription, available for use within City of La Crosse libraries and by remote access.

Webrary

Webrary is an excellent source for bibliographies, discussion groups, genre sites, online bookstores, and other sites for booklovers.  There is also a section where fiction or nonfiction books can be selected by subject or genre. It includes a description of each genre and a list of benchmark authors for that genre.

The Reference staff of La Crosse Public Library (LPL) have selected Internet resources that we feel would be of particular interest to our library users.  These sites are created and maintained by organizations and individuals throughout the world.  LPL cannot be responsible for the content, accuracy, or availability of these sites.   The inclusion of a link does not mean that LPL endorses or sponsors the products or services, if any, described or offered by these web sites.