Reference

Book Reviews & News

Sites

* Books and Authors
What Do I Read Next? includes over 100,000 recommended titles, more than 60,000 plot summaries, and awards information from 562 awards, all to help uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favourites, and discover award-winning titles.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* NoveList
Reader's advisory service for fiction for adults and children. Use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. Besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Author Read-alikes, Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Arts & Books @ the Listener
Reviews from the popular New Zealand current affairs, arts and entertainment weekly.
* Asian Times Book Reviews
Internet-only english language publication that reports and examines geopolitical, political, economic and business issues from an Asian perspective
* Atlantic Monthly Books
* BBC Books
news, event listings and reviews the Book Club.
* Book Reviews on Radio and TV
Lsts of all books reviewed on Nine to Noon , TVNZ's Good Morning , TV3's Campbell Live Book Club and Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill - both children's and adult. From Booksellers New Zealand.
* Booklist
The digital counterpart of the American Library Association's Booklist magazine. Every year Booklist reviews nearly 4,000 books for adults, more than 2,500 titles for children, more than 500 reference books and electronic reference tools, and 1,000 other audiovisual materials.
* Books @ NZ Herald
* Books and Talks
the LA Times Books section
* Books Reviewed on National Radio
Include books review on Nine To Noon with Kathryn Ryan, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill and Sounds Historical with Jim Sullivan.
* Books Unlimited Book Reviews
From the Guardian From the Guardian Unlimited
* Boston Globe Books
* Chicago Tribune Books
requires free registration
* Christian Scientist Monitor Books
* Christianity Today Books & Culture
* CNN Books
* Financial Times Books
* Globe & Mail Books Toronto
* Guardian Unlimited Books Top 10s
authors choose their top 10 books.
* The Independent Books
* Kirkus Reviews
* LeafSalon
Promotes and reports on the New Zealand literary scene, and to keep readers abreast of key international events.
* Library Journal Book Reviews
May require payment
* London Times Books
* Melbourne Age Books
* New Republic Books
* New Scientist Book Reviews
* New York Times Books
requires registration
* Philly Inquirer Books
* Salon Books
* San Francisco Chronicle Books
* School Library Journal Books of the Week
* The Spectator Books
* Telegraph Books
* Village Voice Books New York
* Yale Book Review