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The Bookworm<\/em> by Carl Spitzweg<\/p><\/div>\n You’ve heard the saying, “So many books, so little time.” It’s also true of book resources on the internet: “So many websites, so little time.” To help you navigate through them all I’ve put together this list of essential web resources for readers.<\/p>\n This list reflects my own tastes, so no doubt I’ve left some of your favorites off the list, or put some on that you find fault with. Leave a comment and tell me where I’ve done you wrong, or tell me about your favorite book sites. And please let me know if you have any problems with the links.<\/p>\n Be sure to bookmark this page so that you can find these websites quickly and easily.<\/p>\n Audio Books<\/strong> Blogs<\/strong> Booksellers<\/strong> Children’s Literature\/Teaching\/Homeschooling<\/strong> Genre Fiction<\/strong> How to Read Well<\/strong> Libraries<\/strong> Miscellaneous<\/strong> Online Books\/ebooks<\/strong> Organizing Books<\/strong> Palm\/PDA Books<\/strong> Podcasts<\/strong> Reading Groups\/Communities<\/strong> Reading Group Resources<\/strong> Reading Lists<\/strong> Reference<\/strong> Fun<\/strong> (Updated May 5, 2007) You’ve heard the saying, “So many books, so little time.” It’s also true of book resources on the internet: “So many websites, so little time.” To help you navigate through them all I’ve put together this list of essential web resources for readers. This list reflects my own tastes, so no doubt I’ve left some of your favorites off the list, or put some on that you find fault with. Leave a comment and tell me where I’ve done you wrong, or tell me...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[78,264],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-reviews","tag-websites"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Carl_Spitzweg_021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-70","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5904,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/5904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1.Librivox<\/a> – Audiobooks. Unabridged. Free. Need I say more?
\n2. Recorded Books<\/a> – My favorite source for audio books. Top quality narrators.
\n3. Naxos Audio Books<\/a> – Another great source audio books, especially the classics.
\n4. Audible.com<\/a> – I love the fact that you can listen before you buy.
\n5. Ejunto – Free historical and philosophical audio books; Plato, Lincoln, Pascal and others. (12\/7\/2017 – Link no longer active)
\n6. The Poetry Archive<\/a> – Recordings of famous poets reading and discussing their poems. Fabulous!<\/p>\n
\n 7. <\/span>Arts and Letters Daily<\/a> – Comprehensive and engaging<\/span>
\n 8. <\/span>Bibliophilic<\/a> – Personal reflections on reading, writing and publishing – one of my favorites<\/span>
\n 9. <\/span>Brit Lit Blogs<\/a> – A collection of British literary blogs<\/span>
\n 10. <\/span>Classical Bookworm<\/a> – Another favorite of mine; beautifully designed, excellent content<\/span>
\n 11. <\/span>Claw of the Conciliator<\/a> – Science fiction and faith<\/span>
\n 12. <\/span>Kimbooktu<\/a> – Where I always go to find out the latest book gadgets<\/span>
\n 13. <\/span>A Life in Books<\/a> – Personal reflections on being a book lover<\/span>
\n 14. <\/span>Metacritic.com: Books<\/a> – A roundup of critical opinion on new books<\/span>
\n 15. <\/span>New York Review of Books<\/a>
\n 16. <\/span>New York Times Book Review<\/a>
\n 17. <\/span>People of the Book<\/a> – Publishing from Catholic perspective<\/span>
\n 18. <\/span>Powell’s Books<\/a> – An overview of new books from Powell’s bookstore<\/span>
\n 19. <\/span>A Reader’s Journal<\/a> – She’s never met a reading challenge she didn’t like…<\/span>
\n 20. <\/span>Reading Matters<\/a> – Book reviews by a Australian journalist living in London<\/span>
\n 21. <\/span>So Many Books<\/a> – “The agony and ecstacy of a reading life.”<\/span>
\n 22. <\/span>Liam’s Pictures from Old Books<\/a> – Some great scanned images<\/span><\/p>\n
\n23. Amazon.com<\/a>
\n24. Abebooks<\/a> – My favorite used book site
\n25. Alibris<\/a> – Another great source for used books
\n26. Barnes and Noble<\/a>
\n27. Powell’s Books<\/a> – A HUGE brick and mortar store with a great online presence
\n28. Booksense<\/a> – A large group of independent booksellers
\n29. Auntie’s Bookstore<\/a> – My favorite local bookstore; be sure to visit it if you are ever in Spokane<\/p>\n
\n30. SCORE Cyberguides<\/a> – This is a great site for enriching a student’s reading experience
\n31. Glencoe Study Guides<\/a> – Study guides in .pdf format for many different titles
\n32. Children’s Literature Web Guide<\/a> – A comprehensive website for teaching children’s lit
\n33. Reading Aloud to Children<\/a>
\n34. Linda’s Links to Literature<\/a> – General resources for teaching literature<\/p>\n
\n35. Recommended Fantasy Author List<\/a> – Annotated list of fantasy authors; one of my favorite sites
\n36. Refracted Light: A Christian Perspective on Fantasy<\/a> – Excellent reviews, helpful rating system
\n37. Fantastic Fiction<\/a> – Information on 10,000 authors and 200,000 books
\n38. Encyclopedia of Arda<\/a> – The best Middle-earth encyclopedia on the web
\n39. Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide<\/a> – Not very pretty, but extremely thorough
\n40. Adherents.com: Religion in Science Fiction<\/a> – Fascinating list of the presence of religion in science fiction books
\n41. Course Materials for the Study of Science Fiction<\/a> – College-level study materials
\n42. John’s Nautical Literature Page<\/a> – For fans of Patrick O’Brian or C.S. Forester (like me)<\/p>\n
\n43. Radical Academy’s Mortimer Adler Archive<\/a> – Don’t miss this site if you love reading and philosophy
\n44. The Great Books Foundation<\/a> – Teaches the Shared Inquiry method of discussing books, based on Adler’s work
\n45. Northwest Great Books Foundation<\/a> – Be sure to check out the Leader Resources
\n*Bonus:ROMAN Reading: 5 Practical Skills for Transforming Your Life through Literature<\/a>, my free eBook<\/p>\n
\n46. The Library of Congress<\/a>
\n47. The British Library<\/a><\/p>\n
\n48. Today in Literature<\/a> – Daily stories of literary events and people; great for teachers or homeschoolers
\n49. Book Crossing<\/a> – Share your books with the world and find out whose reading them
\n50. Fictional Cities<\/a> – This is a must-see for book lovers who travel to Venice, Rome or London<\/p>\n
\n51. Project Gutenberg<\/a> – One of the foundational sites of the Internet, in my opinion
\n52. Prepare a Gutenberg Text for eReading<\/a> – Easy-to-use directions from Lifehacker
\n53. Christian Classics Ethereal Library<\/a> – Premiere source of public domain Christian texts
\n54. Online Books Page<\/a> – A searchable catalog of online books to be found on the web
\n55. Google Books<\/a> – Scans of complete books and lengthy previews of others
\n56. Wikibooks<\/a> – Open-content textbooks in every area; great potential here
\n57. Bartleby<\/a> – Another great source of etexts, especially quotations
\n58. The Wondering Minstrels Online Poetry Anthology<\/a> – Easiest-to-use poetry archive on the web
\n59. Rare Book Room<\/a> – Awesome scans of rare books; check out Euclid and Newton
\n60. Anthology of Middle English Literature<\/a> – Texts and background information
\n61. HTI American Verse Project<\/a> – Well organized American poetry database
\n* Bonus site: The Baldwin Project<\/a> – Online children’s literature<\/p>\n
\n62. Librarything<\/a> – If you don’t have librarything you don’t have anything<\/p>\n
\n63. Manybooks<\/a> – Free ebooks for handhelds
\n64. Memoware<\/a> – Another database of free ebooks
\n65. Palm Pilot eTexts for Catholics<\/a><\/p>\n
\n66. NPR: Books<\/a> – High quality news, reviews and interviews (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n67. NPR: A Way with Words<\/a> – One of my favorites; dont’ miss the quizzicist! (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n68. SimonSays Podcast<\/a> – Simon & Schuster’s podcast (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n69. Amazon Bookclips<\/a> – Audiobook previews (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n70. Barnes and Noble Meet the Writers<\/a> – Entertaining author interviews (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n71. The BookShow: ABC Radio International<\/a> – Australian book talk (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n72. KCRW Bookworm<\/a> – Author interviews from KCRW in Santa Monica, CA (Subscribe<\/a>)
\n73. Maria Lectrix<\/a> – Public domain audiobooks read to you each day (Subscribe<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n74. Habitual Reader<\/a> – A comfortable, friendly online fiction book community
\n75. Book and Reader Forum<\/a>
\n76. The Great Conversation Yahoo! Group<\/a> – Following the Britannica Great Books reading plan
\n77. More Great Conversation Yahoo! Group<\/a> – A complement to Britannica’s list, featuring mostly Asian and other Eastern literature<\/span><\/p>\n
\n78. Book Clubs Resource<\/a> – Comprehensive information on reading groups
\n79. <\/span>Penguin Groups Reading Guides<\/a>
\n80. ReadingGroupGuides.com<\/a>
\n81. Modern Library Reading Group Guides<\/a>
\n82. Sparknotes Literature Guides<\/a>
\n83. Reading Group Choices<\/a>
\n84. Bookbrowse.com<\/a>
\n85. <\/span>The Book Group List<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n86. Robert Teeter’s Great Books Lists<\/a> – All bow before Robert Teeter for this incredible site; don’t miss it!
\n87. Philip Ward’s A Lifetime’s Reading<\/a> – A 50-year reading plan! Start young or live long
\n88. Great Books Ten Year Reading Plan<\/a> – Britannica’s suggested reading plan
\n89. Whichbook.net<\/a> – A fun way to find what to read next
\n90. Center for the Study of Great Ideas<\/a> – Mortimer Adler’s legacy
\n91. Alan Nicoll’s Great Books of the Western World<\/a> – Companion site to the ten year reading plan
\n92. Essential Baseball Library<\/a> – Why is it that baseball is the only sport with a consistent history of great literature and film?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n93. Online Etymology Dictionary<\/a> – Got a question about the origin of a word? Get your answer here.
\n94. Encyclopedia Mythica<\/a> – Mythology, folklore and religion
\n95. Malaspina Great Books<\/a>
\n96. Start of the Hero’s Journey<\/a> – Explore this archetypal literary structure
\n97. Dictionary.com<\/a>
\n98. Oxford English Dictionary<\/a>
\n99. Book Rags<\/a><\/p>\n
\n100. Bookworm<\/a> – A highly addictive online word game (don’t go here unless you have time to kill)
\n101. Crossword Links<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"