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Yalsa Booklists
The American Library Associations lists and awards for YA books.
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm

Favorite Teenage Angst Books
Reviews, links, opinions, and author interviews.
http://grouchy.com/angst/

Teenreads
Short and sweet reviews of the latest teen books, books on CD, manga, and paperbacks. They have cool monthly contests, too, as well as great interviews with authors.
http://www.teenreads.com

Reading Rants
Excellent book lists, with short reviews, organized by topic including Boy Meets Book, Fanging Around, and Word UP.
http://www.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/index.html

Guys Read
You're not automatically a dork if you crack open a book. Seriously. Don't take my word for it -- these guys speak for themselves (and have great booklists!).
http://www.guysread.com/

No Flying, No Tights
Website reviewing graphic novels for teens.
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/index2.html

Reader’s Club Graphic Novels for Teens
Mecklenberg County Library site with up to date reviews.
http://www.readersclub.org/subcategory.asp?cat=6&id=60

Seattle Public Library Teen Reading Lists
Lots of lists reviewing everything from non-fiction to vampires.
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_categorybrowser

College Bound Reading List
List of recommended literature, non-fiction and drama for the college age reader.
http://als.lib.wi.us/Collegebound.html

ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound
American Library Association lists of recommended reading.
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb

Life in Your Twenties
Oberlin College list of books to help with the college to real world transition.
http://www.oberlin.edu/career/LAO/reading.html

Library Booklists.org
Extensive collection of booklists on many topics. The YA section includes everything from Bibliotherapy to Movies from Books to Sad and Tragic Stories.
http://librarybooklists.org/

Overbooked.org
A web site for “ravenous” readers. Overbooked provides timely information about fiction as well as readable nonfiction.
hhttp://overbooked.org/

Goodreads
Goodreads is a social networkingwebsite that allows you to see what your friends are reading. You can add and review books that you are currently reading, going to read, or already read.
www.Goodreads.com

Library Thing
Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things.
www.librarything.com

Seattle Public Library Teen Reading Lists
Lots of lists reviewing everything from non-fiction to vampires.
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=audience_teens_categorybrowser

Bartleby.com
Great books online. Full texts of classic fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
http://www.bartleby.com/

Netlibrary
Free e-book site with 7,000 full text fiction and non-fiction books on a variety of topics.
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=netlibrary

Scifan.com
Books and links for the science fiction fan.
http://www.scifan.com/

The SF Site
Welcome to the most comprehensive directory of science fiction, fantasy and horror writers on the Web.
http://www.sfsite.com/scribe/scribe01.htm

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