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Books for the beach or back porch: Lists to bring to the library

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August 12, 2009 7:48 am
By Sheila Lennon

More like this: There's a new recommendation tool on the Web that starts with a clue from you:

The Book Seer: "Sir! I've just finished reading __________ by __________. What should I read next?"


Longtime blogger Rebecca Blood compiles weekly lists of recommended books, prize-winners, etc. such as,

NPR's 100 Best Beach Books Ever
The Big Read Top 100
The September Indie Next Great Reads
2009 Locus Award Winners (science fiction and fantasy)
2009 Summer Reading List at Goodreads
Best Books of the Year... So Far (Amazon)
60 Years of the National Book Awards- 77 Fiction Winners
61 essential postmodern reads: an annotated list (L.A. Times)
Summer reading list (Christian Science Monitor)
Guardian.co.uk: Jeffery Deaver's top 10 computer novels EM Forster to William Gibson

She also notes children's books, assorted nonfiction lists and niche reads I haven't listed here.


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