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Genre Fiction
Information about mysteries, romances, science fiction, fantasy, inspirationals, historical fiction, and more.

General Overview

  • Overbooked
    Calls itself "a web site for ravenous readers. Overbooked specializes in providing timely information about literary & genre fiction as well as readable nonfiction. Overbooked originals include annotated lists of nonfiction, fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, themed booklists, featured titles lists and hot lists of hard cover US fiction releases."
  • Genrefluent
    "The world of genre fiction from the author of of Genreflecting"
  • Fantastic Fiction
    Contains bibliographies for over 8000 authors and information on over 160,000 books. In addition to science fiction and fantasy, this site includes horror, mystery, thriller, romance, mainstream, and historical fiction

Mystery and Crime Fiction

  • Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
    Lists mystery bestsellers, monthly "Killer Books" reviews, award winners, and more!
  • Stop, You're Killing Me
    A site to die for ... if you love mystery books!
  • ClueLass.com
    and The Mysterious Home Page. Contains much information about the mystery world, including links to author home pages. Also includes The Bloodstained Bookshelf, an extensive listing of new and upcoming mystery titles.
  • ReviewingTheEvidence.com
    Contains "thousands of reviews of mysteries and thrillers of all categories, and has more than 30 reviewers from the US, the UK, and Australia."
  • Poisoned Pen Website
    Website of Poisoned Pen Bookstore. On the bottom left, under "Links," check out the General Mystery Related Sites and the Individual Mystery Author Web Sites.
  • Mystery Guide
    If you like mysteries, thrillers, espionage fiction, or any kind of crime fiction, then this is the right place. The core of our site is an ever-expanding database of original book reviews -- almost 700 at last update.
  • The Mystery Reader
    The very latest news and reviews of mystery novels. The sister site to this site is the Romance Reader below.
  • Historical Mystery Fiction
    Lists of historical mysteries, from the ancient world through recent history, plus more. Lots of information here!
  • Euro Crime, for British and European crime fiction
    British and European crime fiction!

Romance Fiction

  • Romantic Times BOOKreviews
    From the editors of Romantic Times BOOKclub magazine. Reviews, ratings, and theme lists of all types of romance fiction.
  • The Romance Reader
    Sister site to the Mystery Reader, this offers thousands of reviews of romance novels, plus author interviews and feature articles.
  • All About Romance
    The romance readers home for romance novels, romance reviews, romance authors, and more. For and by romance readers - all with an interactive and back-fence atmosphere. Simply the best romance reviews, and honest, entertaining, and intriguing commentary, with printable book lists.
  • Romance Writers of America
    RWA is a national non-profit genre writers association. Under the "Authors" drop-down menu is an extensive list of author websites, romance bestseller lists, and current releases.
  • Speculative Romance Online
    Reviews, articles, interviews, award winners, and more.

Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • Locus Online
    "...A semi-autonomous web version of Locus Magazine. Like the magazine, Locus Online focuses on news of the Science Fiction publishing field and coverage of new science fiction books and magazines."
  • The SF Site
    A comprehensive site, consisting of book reviews and excerpts, author interviews, articles, and much information of interest to sf and fantasy readers.
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy
    UNB Saint John Ward Chipman Library Internet Resources for Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Uchronia: The Alternative History List
    Reviews and lists of novels and stories about alternative histories, or "what ifs." Lots of information here.
  • Fantastic Fiction
    Contains bibliographies for over 8000 authors and information on over 160,000 books. In addition to science fiction and fantasy, this site includes horror, mystery, thriller, romance, mainstream, and historical fiction.

Horror Fiction

  • Necropsy: The Review of Horror Fiction
    A quarterly online journal which reviews all types of materials in the horror genre. The editors are co-authors of Hooked on Horror: A Guide to Reading Interests in the Genre.

Historical Fiction

  • Hist.Fiction.net
    Formerly Soon's Historical Fiction, this is a very comprehensive site of historical fiction information. Contains booklists, reviews, links, and more.
  • Historical Novel Society
    This organization "...promotes all aspects of historical fiction." They review American and British novels, along with selected titles from Canada and Australia.

Inspirational Fiction

ChickLit
Books written by women for women, usually with a light, humorous tone.

African American Fiction

  • Black Issues Book Review
    "The African American book publishing authority."
  • African American Literature Book Club
    "...a widely recognized source of author profiles, book recommendations, intriguing on-line discussion boards, writer's resources, articles, and critical reviews of books written by and about African Americans
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