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Book Review Sites
(reviews in English)
NOTE that these links do not necessarily refer to the front pages of the listed sites, but rather only to the relevant pages -- those offering book reviews.
Many newspaper and media sites (especially ones which use user-unfriendly and annoying frames) have great book review pages which, however, can not be linked to directly; the complete review refuses to provide links to such sites.
Print media sources
Major - fully, freely accessible:
(the biggest and best resources)
- The Guardian. The site of The Guardian and The Observer, an excellent general book site with good reviews and coverage of contemporary British literature. Highly recommended.
- The Independent. Good reviews and articles, extensive archives now readily accessible.
- The Times. The Times and The Sunday Times. Good reviews and coverage.
Secondary - fully, freely accessible:
(local or otherwise somewhat limited resources)
- A.V. Club. Occasional book coverage, good archive.
- Austin Chronicle. Weekly. Limited coverage, decent archive.
- Bookforum. Limited amount from print version available online, tiny archive.
- BookPage site. Lots of reviews, but not particularly user friendly, and not the type of books we're interested in
- Boston Review. Interesting articles, essays, and reviews. Archive relatively small.
- Entertainment Weekly. Popular stuff, good selection, short reviews.
- Kirkus Reviews. Extensive US review coverage.
- The Missouri Review. Small number of reviews.
- The New Republic. Good archive, interesting long reviews.
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Good coverage of new books, archive with over 1000 reviews.
- The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Decent coverage of new books.
- Publishers Weekly. Extensive US review coverage.
- Quill & Quire. Canadian focus.
- Rain Taxi. Interesting books reviewed, not all from the print edition available, small archive.
- Slate Book Review. Monthly book section at Slate.
- The Star Tribune. Decent coverage of new titles.
- The Stranger. Limited coverage, good archive.
- The Village Voice. Good archive.
- Vulture. New York magazine site. Solid reviews as well as additional literary coverage, decent archive.
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Other - current, but limited archive:
(current information, but archive limited and/or not freely accessible)
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Major - registration (sometimes) required:
(limited information (if any) freely and/or readily accessible)
- The Atlantic Monthly. Relatively few reviews, but good archive (including "classic" reviews) and other literary articles and interviews -- but nothing fully freely accessible.
- The Economist. Current articles accessible, good archive (but reviews only accessible to subscribers after a while), interesting selection of books.
- Financial Times. Solid literary section with a few reviews every Friday, archive now again freely accessible (but articles can be hard to find).
- London Review of Books. Excellent articles, though relatively few from print version freely accessible.
- New Statesman. Interesting reviews, archive now again freely accessible.
- The New York Review of Books. Excellent clear, simple site design. Some articles from the current print version freely accessible.
- The New York Times. Great archive, much of which is freely accessible, but recent and current content generally registration-requiring.
- The Spectator. Good review coverage and archive.
- Telegraph. Daily and Sunday Telegraph. Good review coverage, very good archive.
- TLS. The marvelous Times Literary Supplement -- an invaluable publication, but very little freely accessible on site. A great resource if you're willing to register and pay.
- The Washington Post. Good coverage.
- Wall Street Journal. Decent limited coverage.
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Web-based sources
Aggregators:
- Book Marks. The Literary Hub aggregates US reviews of major titles.
- Books in the Media. Aggregator at The Bookseller; wide-ranging; reviews mainly from UK periodicals.
- the Complete Review. Our own reviews, plus extensive links to and quotes from outside reviews. (4288 titles as of 12/2018.)
- iDreamBooks. "Book Reviews by Critics". Focus on popular new titles, fairly limited review-reach.
- The Omnivore. "Criticism digested", decent selection of books, but not updated/inactive for a while now.
- Perlentaucher. German; review-summaries but limited linkage
- ReviewsOfBooks.com. Links to many (but generally not all) freely-accessible mainstream media reviews of titles covered; some own reviews, too. Large archive. (Inactive since 6/2012.)
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General interest:
- About.com - Literature: Contemporary. Several reviews of new books each week.
- The Agony Column. Reviews and commentary.
- American Book Review. "Dedicated to reviewing books from independent, small, and university presses." Limited online availability -- and in the dreaded pdf format.
- Anthony Campbell's Book Reviews. Over 400 reviews, good selection.
- Armchair Interviews. Thousands of reviews.
- The Bactra Review. Over 100 reviews. Serious, eclectic.
- The Barcelona Review. Good, small archive, interesting selection
- Barnes & Noble Review. "Aims to bring serious readers smart and useful appraisals of current books, music, and films (on DVD), as well as reconsiderations of important past works."
- berniE-zine. Eclectic, small, fairly literary.
- Between the Pages. Small, popular titles. Also other content.
- BiblioReview.com. "A gateway to book reviews and author interviews". Impressive collection of links to reviews.
- Black Star Review. "Books - Politics - Popular Culture".
- Blether. Thousands of reviews of popular titles, very mixed bag.
- Boldtype. "An email-based review, presenting each month a short list of books worth reading."
- The Book Barn. E-mail book discussion list with extensive review archive.
- The Book Brothel. Over 100 reviews, mainly popular fiction.
- BookLoons. "Book reviews across genres". About 1200 reviews, popular focus
- bookmunch. Small, interesting selection, nicely done. Also some author interviews.
- bookoxygen. "Breathing space for books and writers". Mainly reviews.
- BookPleasures.com. "Reviews, interviews, and more ...", especially strong on travel-related writing
- Book Reviews by Scott London. Non-fiction, especially media and politics.
- Bookslut. Monthly. Includes author interviews and other features.
- Brothers Judd. Good, large selection of reviews (with links !), now relatively easy to use.
- California Literary Review. Reviews, some additional material.
- Cambridge Book Review. Limited number of reviews.
- The Coffin Factory. "The magazine for people who love books". Good review coverage.
- Crescent Blues. Mainly genre fiction.
- The Critical Flame. "A Journal of Literature and Culture". Bi-monthly.
- Curled Up With a Good Book. "Book reviews of literary and mainstream fiction, fantasy, science fiction and nonfiction".
- The Danforth Review. Limited number of reviews.
- Danny Yee's Book Reviews. An eclectic list, largely non-fiction. Over 1100 reviews.
- Emerging Writers Forum. Decent selection.
- ex libris reviews. Small collection.
- Flak Magazine. Limited number of reviews, but good selection, nicely presented.
- Fresh Fiction. Genre focus.
- Front Street Reviews. Popular focus.
- goodreports.net. Canadian, but also general interest coverage.
- Green Man Review. Good, fairly large selection.
- Harriet's Reviews. Harriet Klausner's reviews. Something (almost always very good) to say about what seems like every new book published.
- Heartland Reviews. "Scientifically-based book reviews from the heart." Unwieldy.
- IMHO. In My Hysterical Opinion. Decent selection of reviews.
- Internet Book List. "Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive and easily accessible database of books". Sci-fi top heavy, and very uneven coverage
- Internet Review of Books. "Reviewing books in the fields of science, social science, history, art, music, and current affairs with attitude and passion: An Intelligent Guide for Intelligent People."
- Jacket. Ca. 200 reviews, mainly poetry.
- January Magazine. "Book reviews & author interviews".
- John's Book Pages. Over 450 reviews. Serious, literary.
- Just Book Reviews. "It is composed of a small nucleus of academics and intellectuals who have expert knowledge of specific areas"
- Large Print Reviews. Fairly extensive selection of reviews of books available in large print editions.
- Los Angeles Review of Books. Longer reviews (and other content).
- Midwest Book Review. Good, very broad coverage and large archive, but brief reviews, very unwieldy presentation (and only semi-useful search capability).
- The Modern Novel. "The world-wide literary novel from early 20th century on".
- Montreal Review of Books. Bi-annual, limited number of reviews.
- MostlyFiction Book Reviews. Good, extensive coverage, with some links.
- MyShelf.com. Decent selection.
- NewPages. Good collection, small press focus.
- The New Rambler. "Reviews of books about ideas, including literary fiction".
- The New York Journal of Books. Daily reviews.
- Open Letters Review. "An arts and literature review". Good essay-reviews. Formerly Open Letters Monthly.
- The Oxonian Review of Books. "Features reviews of recently published books in literature, politics, science, and the arts". Relatively few reviews.
- PopMatters. Interesting selection, decent archive.
- Public Books. "A curated monthly review devoted to spirited debate about books and the arts".
- The Quarterly Conversation. Good reviews and longer literary essays.
- RALPH. The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities. Unwieldy, but interesting coverage.
- Readysteadybook.com. "Devoted to reviewing the very best books in literary fiction, poetry, history and philosophy." Good coverage of new titles.
- RebeccasReads. Somewhat messy site, but good, broad coverage.
- ReviewsOfBooks.com. Provides links to newspaper reviews of extensive number of recently released books. (Note that links open in annoying small, separate pages).
- The Second Circle. "A guide to contemporary literature". Interesting selection, but very small.
- Seeing the World Through Books. Reviews by Mary Whipple. Ca. 400 reviews.
- spike. Over 200 reviews, literary focus.
- Sydney Anglicans. General interest fiction.
- [tk] reviews. Monthly, with several reviews in each issue.
- Tottenville Review. "A new review of books focused on debuts, translations, and all works that would otherwise go undetected."
- The Uncustomary Book Review. "A Conversation with the Reader".
- The Washington Independent Review of Books. Washington D.C. based, solid selection of reviews.
- What I've been Reading. "Comments on books from Bob Corbett". Small, but good selection of literary titles.
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Genre and special interest:
- Film:
- International:
- Asia Times. Decent coverage, Asian focus.
- The Asian Review of Books. "specialising not just in books published in Asia but also on international titles of particular interest to readers in Asia".
- Australian Book Review. Limited number of reviews from journal available online.
- Babelguides. "Your guide to world literature in English translation, with a comprehensive book database and 1000+ reviews". Uneven as to extent of coverage, but of some interest.
- Biblio: A Review of Books. "India's leading literary magazine". Good review coverage of SE Asian books, but now requires registration
- Canadian Literature. Canadian focus. Large, somewhat cumbersome to navigate.
- Haaretz. Good, broad coverage.
- The Hindu. Mainly contemporary Indian literature -- including reviews of regional-language books.
- Japan Review Net. "An independent site for books on Japan." Limited number of reviews.
- Japan Visitor. Brief reviews of Japan-related titles -- unfortunately bunched together.
- The Jerusalem Post. Good, broad coverage.
- The National. UAE-based, but excellent all-around books coverage.
- Outlook India. Good general coverage.
- Swedish Book Review. Interesting but limited general coverage, in English
- World Literature Today. Premier review forum for international and translated literature,; improved online presentation.
- Law:
- Mysteries:
- Poetry:
- Romance:
- Science fiction and fantasy:
- Science and Technology/Maths/Computers:
- American Scientist. Good science coverage, awkward archive.
- Human Nature Review. Everything to do with human nature, with academic/scientific focus.
- Read This!. The MAA (Mathematical Association of America) Online Book Review. Math-related titles.
- Slashdot. Technology-oriented, usefully include extensive reader comments.
- Susan Stepney. Non-fiction -- mainly science -- reviews, good selection.
- Technology and Society. Good coverage of books related to technology and society.
- Serious non-fiction:
- Special Interest:
- Black Issues Book Review. Afro-American, popular.
- Books & Culture. At Christianity Today; limited focus, decent reviews.
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review. "Reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)." Superb archive, great resource.
- Diva Tribe. "Women's Fiction - Book Reviews for Women at DivaTribe". Small selection.
- Dragonfly Review. "A monthly magazine section that reports on newly released literary nonfiction about healthy living, spiritual growth, social justice and the environment."
- Esoterica. Esoterica -- texts and scholarly
- GLOCOM Platform. Japanese Institute of Global Communications, focus on Japanese issues, non-fiction.
- Jewish Review of Books. "A quarterly publication for serious readers with Jewish interests".
- Review of Biblical Literature. Extensive coverage "of books in biblical studies and related fields".
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Foreign Book Review Sites:
Literary criticism and book reviewing is not restricted to English.
Here a brief list of sites the complete review has found useful, in the following languages:
Dutch
French
German
- buechernachlese. Ulrich Karger reviews. Over 1500, broad selection.
- carpe librum. Good, broad coverage, nice archive. Very annoying frames.
- DeutschlandRadio. Good coverage.
- Falter. Large, impressive archive going back to 1999.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Excellent coverage -- and an archive with over 30,000 reviews ! Recommended.
- Frankfurter Rundschau. Excellent coverage.
- IASL. Internationalen Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur Useful, in-depth reviews, focus on academic titles.
- Lesekost. Herbert Huber reviews. International and English-language focus (but reviews in German).
- LISTEN-online. Annoying frames, only some content available online.
- Literatur fast pur. Several reviewers, good coverage, but disorganised (no index or search capability).
- literaturhaus.at. Good coverage of Austrian literature, reviews and additional information.
- literaturkritik.de. Good coverage.
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Only one month worth of reviews, but high quality.
- Perlentaucher. Review summaries, links.
- Die Presse. Good coverage of new German publications. Painfully slow.
- Stern. Decent coverage
- Der Tagesspiegel. Good coverage
- Titel. Good coverage.
- u-lit Literatur Magazin. Reviews and essays, decent archive.
- Die Welt. Good coverage of recent German publications, and very good archive -- but now apparently requires registration.
- Die Zeit. Relatively few reviews each week, but interesting selection, good archive.
Italian
Russian
Scandinavian
Spanish
Turkish
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