National Book Awards: Celebrate outstanding writing by American authors in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People’s Literature and Translated Literature.

Pulitzer Prizes: Honor outstanding works by U.S. authors in Fiction, Drama, Poetry, History, Biography and General Nonfiction. 

Nobel Prize in Literature: One of the world’s most prestigious literary honors, awarded annually to an author whose body of work demonstrates outstanding literary merit and lasting impact. 

Book Reviews

New York Times Book Review: With a Hartford Public Library card—or by visiting any Hartford Public Library location—you can access The New York Times, including the Book Review. For access links and step-by-step instructions, see New York Times Online in the A–Z Database list.

Book Reporter: A long-running online book review and reader discovery website that focuses primarily on adult fiction and nonfiction for general readers.

BookPage: An editorially independent recommendation guide for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres, including intriguing new voices as well as anticipated bestsellers

NPR Books: An online space that features book reviews, author interviews, literary news, and reading recommendations highlighting a wide range of genres and diverse voices.

Online Book Buying

AddALL: Provides price comparisons for over 35 online bookstores. Notice the separate link for Used Books.

Out-of-Print

Alibris: Search for used, rare, and hard-to-find books. See the FAQ file for information on how to search for autographs, letters, and ephemera (vintage movie posters, magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, maps, etc.)

BookFinder.com: A mega-search site for used, rare and antiquarian books as well as new books. Go to the Booksellers page to search their individual suppliers.