- Book Spot
- Features book reviews, recommendations, forums, release information, and a site search.
- BookCrossing.com
- Promotes tagging books and leaving them in public places for others to pick up and read. Offers book reviews, book search, listing by country of books "in the wild", as well as discussion forums, meeting information, and book store.
- BookFizz
- Social network for book lovers, featuring a large archive of book awards and a calendar of literary events for the US, UK and Canada.
- Booksprouts
- Allows users to start a new book club or join an existing one, invite their friends, then choose a book and discuss it.
- The Institute for the Future of the Book
- Think tank investigating the future of the book in a digital age. Includes links to current and past projects.
- ISBN Database & Book Search
- Unique book research engine provides data from hundreds of public and academic libraries across the world. Find books by subject, title, ISBN, category, author or publisher.
- The Land of Grimney
- Literature based fantasy world with poems, pictures, stories and paintings.
- LibriVox
- Provides free audio books from the public domain. Offered in MP3, OGG, and podcast formats. Includes full catalog and volunteer information.
- The Literary Encyclopedia
- A literary reference work offering a range author profiles, and articles on their work, literary, and historical topics; includes information about membership and benefits, and a FAQ.
- Litnet
- Research project examining whether new literary forms are emerging whose aesthetic qualities canonly be realised in a digital medium. From the Cultural Studies Research Centre at the University of Siegen, Germany.
- LitVillage.com Literature Directory
- Features reviews of book-related websites from around the world, coded by country. Portal is updated monthly with a fresh selection of literary links handpicked by editorial team.
- New Fiction
- Offers audio iSoaps (serial dramas performed on the Internet). Includes submission information for writers, artists, musicians and actors.
- Reading Radar
- Combines the New York Times Bestseller lists with Amazon user reviews and ratings.
- Shelfari
- Create a virtual bookshelf to show off books, connect with friends, discover new titles and voice opinions about books.
- Today in Literature
- Contains information about events in literary history, great writers, and books.
- weRead
- Online community for book lovers which allows users to write reviews, list and rate books, see lists of books others are reading, and find readers with similar interests.
- What Should I Read Next?
- Users can enter the title and author of a book they enjoyed and receive community recommendations of other similar books to read.
- Whichbook
- Offers a unique approach to book recommendations by providing selector bars based on what a user's mood is.
- Wired for Books
- Literature portal offering mp3 downloads of audio books and interviews, illustrated books, and educational resources.
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