Book-related
Information (L4L)
Awards
Caldecott
Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Take a look at the winners, 1938 to the present.
Newbery
Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. Here is a list of winners, 1922 to the present.
Nobel
Prize in Literature
Find current Prize winners, text excerpts, video interviews, or find Nobel Laureates by year. You can even sign up for an email newsletter.
Pulitzer
Prizes
Use the timeline at the top of the page to view the winners from each year.
Award Winners
This InfoSoup page includes links to the above awards, but also includes additional booklists for regional book awards, notable books, genre fiction awards, and more.
Bestsellers
These sites are free, but you may need to register to see the lists or the complete lists.
- New York Times Bestseller Lists
- Publishers
Weekly Bestsellers: Fiction
(Links to their other bestseller lists are included at the bottom of the Fiction page.)
Book Discussion Guides & Kits
Book Discussion Guides
Start a book discussion group at your library or get new ideas for a group that already exists with discussion guides available at the sites listed below!
Publishing House Guides
Great resources here for libraries! Each publisher provides book club/reading guides for select titles from their house. Here are some of the best:
- HarperCollins Reading Group Resources
- Henry Holt & Co: Reading Group Guides
- Houghton Mifflin Reader's Guides
- Penguin Group Book Clubs/Reading Guides
- Random House Library Services
- Simon & Schuster: Book Club Resources
- W W. Norton & Co: Reading Group Guides
Book Discussion Group Support
The Morton Grove Public Library's list of online resources to support your book discussion group. Includes a link to What to Do When There's No Guide, a site that provides general discussion questions for each genre.
Book-Clubs-Resource.com
Sections include What is a Book Club?, Running a Book Club, Online Book Clubs, Reading Group Guides, Reading Resources, and Discount Book Clubs.
Waukesha
County Federated Library System Book Clubs
A nice collection of resources for people planning book discussion groups. Web resources for running a book club, discussion guides, audio author interviews, and more.
Book Discussion Kits
Some libraries have book discussion kits or multiple copies of books that can be used for book clubs.
Book
Discussion Kits at Wisconsin Libraries
This list is provided on the WLA Readers Section web site. The libraries listed have agreed to loan out their multiple copies of book discussion titles to other WI public libraries to be used for their discussion groups.
Wisconsin Humanities Council
Get more info on book discussion kits available from the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Their kits include 15 copies of a particular title, brochures to recruit participants and publicize the program, and discussion guides to help your group explore the readings.
Madison
Public Library
A list of resources available from the Madison Public Library.
Manitowoc
Public Library
A list of kits available from the Manitowoc Public Library. Materials can be borrowed via ILL.
Miscellaneous Book Links
InfoSoup Readers' Page
What more could book lovers want? InfoSoup offers booklists, staff picks, lists of best sellers and award winners, RSS feeds of popular reviewers, and links to other wonderful book resources.
APL QuickRef: Books & Literature
A plethora of book links from the Appleton Public Library.
The
Fiction_L List of Lists
An email discussion list "devoted to reader's advisory topics such as book discussions, booktalks, collection development issues, booklists, and bibliographies, and a wide variety of other topics of interest to librarians, book discussion leaders, and others with an interest in reader's advisory."
Book Lust
The official web site of Nancy Pearl, readers' advisory maven of the library world. Check out her new Book Lust Wiki, "a community for people who love books."
LibraryThing
Catalog your books online with LibraryThing or try out their book suggestion tools. A popular social networking tool.
Supporting public libraries in Outagamie and Waupaca counties