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==Starred sites for adult fiction readers' advisory==

*[http://www.fantasticfiction.com Fantastic Fiction]
: Inclues pictures of covers, series lists, and pre-pub/forthcoming information as well.
*[http://0-www.fictionconnection.com.aries.jmrl.org  Fiction Connection/Books in Print]
:Brought to you by Bowker and bundled with Books in Print -- available only inside the library. Locate books by author, title, or attributes in six different areas for fiction: genre, setting, location, character, timeframe, and topic. Choose the "similar titles" button and then narrow down by attribute.
*[http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/lu/RAlogin Reader's Advisor Online]
:"The Reader’s Advisor Online is based on Libraries Unlimited’s print series, Genreflecting." Limited in number of indexed titles, allowing for more focused searching than Fiction Connection. Browse or search and drill down through menus of genre, and subgenre, time periods and locations, characters, topics or themes, and interest groups.  Read-alike lists.

==Other sites==

===Children’s Sites===
*Lexile Searches 
:[https://lexile.com/ Lexile] - Search for a book by Lexile score/range and subject matter.
:[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/lib-edu/LDND/lexile/ Library of Virginia Notable Books] - The Notable Books list annotated with Lexile scores, sortable by all fields.

*[http://www.bookhive.org Bookhive]
:Click on "Find a Book" in the middle of the front page. Run by the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Public Library; annotated by librarians.

*[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/ Mid-Continent Public Library's Readers Advisory Pages] 
:Especially of note: the  [http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/ Juvenile Series and Sequels database]

*[http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx BookAdventure]
:Run by Sylvan Learning Center, has limited listings and is grade-level dependent, but might jog your mind for some suggestions based on reading level and subject matter.

===General Fiction Sites===
 
*[http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLmenu.html  Fiction_L listserv]
:search the archives for good reading lists

*[http://www.fictiondb.com  FictionDB]
:limited results without a subscription, but come here for pseudonym lists, basic searches in    

===Genre-specific sites===

*[http://www.stopyourekillingme.com Mystery: www.stopyourekillingme.com]

*[http://www.likesbooks.com Romance: www.likesbooks.com]
:readalikes under Reader’s Choice > If You Like 

*[http://www.theromancereader.com  Romance: www.theromancereader.com]
:reviews by romance category

*[http://www.henricolibrary.org/component/weblinks/category/51-recommended-websites/62-books-genre-fiction Henrico Public Library]
:has a nice list of other genre resources for fiction books ( www.henricolibrary.org/onlinesrvcs/genre.html)

===General Readers' Advisory Sites===

*[http://www.readersadvisoronline.com Reader's Advisor Online (Libraries Unlimited) www.readersadvisoronline.com]

*What Do I Read Next? -- Gale database accessible through [http://www.finditva.com/ finditvirginia.org] or [http://aries.jmrl.org/ jmrl].org's database page

*[http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp What's Next?: http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp]
:adult and youth series

*[http://www.whichbook.net Whichbook:www.whichbook.net]
:British, more fun than useful!

*[http://www.earlyword.com/ Early Word: News for Collection Development and Reader's Advisory Librarians]
:This blog/website's co-founder and editor is Nora Rawlinson, a heavyweight in the arena as editor of 'Library Journal' and editor-in-chief of 'Publisher's Weekly' for 12 years, and the head of materials selection at Baltimore Public Library before that.  A great blog to scan every day.  Nancy Pearl's podcasts are also here.

===Libraries/Librarians Doing Neat Things with RA===

*[https://jmrl.org/wdirn.htm '''What Do I Read Next? from JMRL''']
:Let JMRL Librarians give you personalized suggestions based off of your own reading interests.

*Culpeper County Library's booklists -- [http://www.supportlibrary.com/nl/users/culpeper/mweb/path2-1.html For Teens] and [http://www.supportlibrary.com/nl/users/culpeper/mweb/path4-3.html For Kids]
:booklists from our neighbors to the North focusing on Young Adult and Children's reading suggestions

*[http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/RA/index.html Williamsburg (VA) Reg'l Library]
:personalized RA services ( www.wrl.org/bookweb/RA/index.html)

*[http://shelftalk.spl.org Nancy Pearl and the ShelfTalk blog] (shelftalk.spl.org)

*Neal Wyatt -- Chesterfield Ct PL, ''Library Journal'' column/articles

*[http://readingroom.rrpl.org Rocky River (OH) PL]
:Reading Room search (readingroom.rrpl.org)

*[http://jmrl.org/pr-readers.htm JMRL.org's Readers' Corner page] jmrl.org/pr-readers.htm)

*[http://www.librarything.com/suggester Librarything: www.librarything.com/suggester]
:very strong suggestion database

==What's New at JMRL==

===For Children===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib34 '''Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib35 '''Non-Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib38 '''Talking Books'''].

===For Young Adults===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib36 '''Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib37 '''Non-Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib38 '''Talking Books'''].

===For Adults===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib30 '''Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib31 '''Non-Fiction'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib32 '''Biography'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib33 '''Mystery'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib39 '''Talking Books'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib40 '''DVDs'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib41 '''Music CDs'''].

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/ftlist^bib42 '''Books in Large Print'''].
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