11 Top Sites for Book Reviews & Recommendations
“E-books are great for instant gratification – you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.” – Anne Lamott
Having difficulty making up your mind getting the next perfect book to read due to the lack of reviews to aid with your decisions? Worry no more as we have compiled a list of recommended sites that involve book reviews that you will find useful.
1. Largeheartedboy.com
Easily the mother of all lists and compilations on everything about the best and most recommended books out there. Lists include items from varying genres so you can narrow down your preference easily. Impressively, this has been going on for the past 14 years, allowing you access to huge amount of information which undoubtedly a heavenly place to start for every bookworms out there.
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Largeheartedboy.com
2. Theguardian.com
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Close to 30,000 reviews
- Viewable by genres
- User ratings and comments
- Newsletter to find out about fothcoming events & featured authors
- RSS Feed subscription
- Search feature
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Theguardian.com
3. Amazon.com
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Search feature
- Editorial & Customer Reviews
- Ratings & Sale Rankings
- Viewable by genres and type (books / Kindle)
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Amazon.com
4. Online.wsj.com
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Reviews arranged by date
- Registration required before viewing some reviews
- User reviews / comments
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Online.wsj.com
5. Gobookyourself.co
More of a book recommendation site with limited review information. Worth checking out nonetheless – labeled by Buzzfeed as the Tumblr every bookworm needs. Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Can be sorted out by genres
- RSS Feed subscription
- Search feature
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Gobookyourself.co
6. Npr.org
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- RSS & Podcast Subscription
- Main features – My guilty pleasure, 3 books, PG13: Risky reads, You must read this, Summer reads & Best books of the year.
- Browseable by date / genres
- Recommendations / Top books of the year
- Author interviews
- Reviews available in text and audio. Audio is downloadable and available for online listening.
- User reviews / comments
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Npr.org
7. Nytimes.com
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Searchable archive since 1981.
- Main features – Inside the List, Paperback Row, Editor’s Choice & Archive
- Review podcasts are also available.
- Best seller function sortable by genres and medium.
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Nytimes.com
8. Goodreads.com
Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Search feature – by Title, Author or ISBN
- Viewable by genres
- Main features – Trivia, Quizzes, Quotes & Goodreads Choice Awards: The Best Books.
- User ratings and reviews
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Goodreads.com
9. Selectist.com
This is a book recommendation site, not a review site. Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Viewable by genres
- Main features – Creating your own lists, agree / disagree on existing lists.
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Selectist.com
10. Authoralcove.com
A book discovery / recommendation service. Some of the features and informaton that you can find on this site includes:-
- Search feature.
- Viewable by most often read & highest rated.
- Equipped with user ratings, but reviews are from Amazon.
Click on the link below to visit the site:-
Authoralcove.com
11. Social Networks
Probably one of most underlooked source of top notch book reviews and recommendations (or not). Follow your favourite or any other authors through their social networks and gain access to invaluable information on what to read next, based on their personal recommendations. The best part in this process is that we can literally skip through the review process, if you willingly choose to do so, as their endorsements are basically good reviews on their own.
