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E-Government

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Federal Services
Federal Student Aid
FAFSA - Federal students loans include:

low fixed interest rates
income-based repayment plans
loan forgiveness and deferment options

Ready.gov
From the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign

Social Security Online

Apply for benefits
Estimate your future benefits
Find your local office
Request your Social Security Statement

Florida Legal Forms
Family Forms
From the Florida State Courts Self-Help website

Florida Department of State Division of Corportations
Includes Corporation, Limited Liability Company/LLC, Partnership, Judgement Liens, and other forms.

Living Will and Designation of Health Care Surrogate
From Florida Senate Government website

Florida State Services
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Site map of all services

Florida Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
Online guide to the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles. Services include:

Drivers license renewal
License plate renewal
Getting a learners permit
Finding a Florida department of Motor Vehicles approved traffic school

Job Assistance
One Stop Center Directory
Form the State of Florida Agency for Workplace Innovation. Locate local Full Service Offices with access to all employment and training services.

Unemployment Compensation
From the State of Florida Agency for Workplace Innovation.

Workforce Connection Home Page
Employment solutions for Citrus, Levy, and Marion Counties.

Workforce Connection - Links Page
Links for information on economic development, employment data, education, approved training vendors, chambers, industry resources, Federal and State resources, Human resources, Veterans, and staffing services.

Workforce Services
From the State of Florida Agency for Workplace Innovation. Find links to a career building and employment services.

Miscellanous
Safelink Wireless
A government supported program that provides a free cell phone and airtime each month for income-eligible customers.

MyFlorida.com
Child Support Enforcement Services
FL Department of Revenue - Any parent or custodian of a dependent child who is not receiving public assistance may apply for Child Support Services. Any parent or caretaker who is owed child support arrearages may also apply for services.

Florida Department of Children and Families
Access to the Abuse Hotline. Also apply for:

Food Stamps
Temporary Cash Assistance
Medicaid
Temporary assistance for Needy Families

Referral Services
Florida 2-1-1 Network
Families can access community information and referral services every hour and day of the week.

Romance Fiction

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All About Romance
Includes nearly 6,000 reviews and At the Back Fence, a must-read column for everyone who reads and writes romance.

ARRT Romance Genre Study
The Adult Reading Round Table studied the Romance genre 1994 - 1995.

Black Expressions
Multicultural. Top books by African-American writers, performers, and thinkers are available at discounts of up to 40% off publishers' edition prices.

Fangs, Fur and Fey
A community for urban fantasy & paranormal romance authors and readers.

Gay Publishing Amazon Store
Genre for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT).

Paranormal Romance Writers
Alternative reality, monster love, vampires.

Romance Reader
Hundreds of reviews of current romantic fiction, divided into categories: historical, contemporary, time travel, fantasy and others. Includes author homepages. romance publishers, bookstores, romance sites, and romance writer sites.

Romance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America is the national non-profit writers association for the women and men who write romance fiction.

Keywords for Searching
Contemporary romance - romances set after the World Wars.
Historical romance - romances set before the World Wars.
Inspirational romance - romances containing spiritual themes.
Paranormal romance - romances containing "other-worldly" elements such as magic, mystic characters or fantasy and science fiction elements.
Regency romance - romances set in England in the early 1800s.
Romantic suspense - romances containing mystery and intrigue.
Time-travel romance - romances set in two different time periods, with characters "time-traveling" between both.

Children's Literature

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BoysRead.org
Developing a new generation of literate men.

Children's Book Council
Provides many free reading lists aimed at kids. Includes "Hot off the Press", poetry, graphic novels, as well as author and illustrator information.

Children's Books from Barnes & Noble
Search for bestsellers, new releases, coming-soon, bargain books, baby/preschool, ages 4-6, ages 9-12, subjects, favorite series, featured authors, special collections, and awards.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL)
Over 7,000 records from 82 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland). Compiled and indexed by Lisa Bartle, reference librarian at California State University, San Bernardino.

Good Reading at KidsPoint.org
A website from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, VA.

Kids' Booklists
Lists for book ideas from the Morton Grove Public Library.

Kidsreads.com
Includes a free newsletter, featured authors, contests, books into movies, series books, cool new books, new in paperback, revies, reading lists, and good books for boys.

Sebco Books
Great search tool for Reading Counts and Accelerated Reading, finding books by reading and interest levels, subject, publishers, awards, and so much more.

sidekicks
A website reviewing graphic novels for kids.

SUNLINK
Funded by the Florida Department of Education, SUNLINK is Florida's K-12 public school union catalog, a shared database of materials in Florida K-12 library media centers.

Teen / YA Literature

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ALAN Online
The Official Site of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents. Check ALAN Online each month for a fresh look of the latest and greatest in YA Lit.

ARRT Young Adult Genre Study
The ARRT Genre Study Group studied the Young Adult genre from 2000-2001 including: classics, humor, historical fiction, adventure, series, graphic novels, mystery, horror, fantasy, romance, science fiction, nonfiction, contemporary, and multicultural.

Book Lists from Wired for Youth Librarians
A wealth of great book lists on over 40 subject headings.

Booklists & Awards from YALSA
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is an excellent source for lists of books and awards.

BoysRead.org
Developing a new generation of literate men.

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL)
Over 7,000 records from 82 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland). Compiled and indexed by Lisa Bartle, reference librarian at California State University, San Bernardino.

Favorite Teenage Angstbooks
Reviews of books for teens, author profiles, a celebration of angst!

Flamingnet Book Reviews
Website is for students between 8 and 18 years old, their parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians who are looking for books to recommend or buy for their children, grandchildren, or students. Website lists current and classic books that this age group may find interesting and enjoyable.

HarperTeen
Find books that reflect teen readers’ own lives, their everyday realities and their aspirations, their struggles and their triumphs. From topical contemporary novels to lighthearted series books, from award-winning literary tales to smart and sassy beach reads. Features books for all teens.

no flying, no tights
A website reviewing graphic novels for teens.

Reading Matters from TeensPoint.org
A website from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, VA.

Sebco Books
Great search tool for Reading Counts and Accelerated Reading, finding books by reading and interest levels, subject, publishers, awards, and so much more.

SUNLINK
Funded by the Florida Department of Education, SUNLINK is Florida's K-12 public school union catalog, a shared database of materials in Florida K-12 library media centers.

Teen Books from Barnes & Noble
Check here for bestsellers, new releases, coming-soon, bargain books, fiction by genre, hit series, favorite authors, special collections, and awards.

Teen Ink
Print magazine, website, and book series since 1989--written by teens.

Teen Reads
Booklists, author websites, graphic novels and comics, and award winners from the Morton Grove Public Library.

Teenreads.com
bring teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. Teenreads.com is THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the hippest new titles! Includes a free newsletter, author interviews and talks, contests, cool new books, new in paperback, fiction reviews, manga, Christian fiction, podcasts and videos, reading list, bookclubs, and reading guides.

Teens' Top Ten Nominations for 2008
Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. If you read nominated books throughout the year, you’ll be ready to vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 12 - 18, 2008. For readers aged 12 - 18.

VOYA Online
VOYA Online is owned by Scarecrow Press, part of the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) is a bimonthly journal addressing librarians, educators, and other professionals who work with young adults. The only magazine devoted exclusively to the informational needs of teenagers, it was founded in 1978 by librarians and renowned intellectual freedom advocates Dorothy M. Broderick and Mary K. Chelton.

Bibliography Websites

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Topic-Specific Bibliographies
Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Bibliographies are available in Microsoft Word format.

Readers' Advisory

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Bibliographies

Florida Authors Wiki
Here you will find biographical information, book lists and web links about Florida Authors. This wiki is a group project started by the Readers' Advisory Committee at the Southwest County Regional Library of the Palm Beach County Library System in Boca Raton, Florida.

Genres

Genre Definitions

Keyword Searching

Digital Libraries

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Florida
Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Provides access to the news and history of Florida

Florida Legacy
Content from the collections of Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) member libraries

Florida Memory
From the State Library and Archives of Florida

Wisconsin
Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collection

Wyoming
Wyoming Newspaper Project

Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

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Adult Biography

Henderson, Caroline. and Turner, Alvin, (Ed.). (2001). Letters from the Dust Bowl. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Turner has collected and edited Henderson's published materials and personal correspondence dating from 1908 to 1966. Turner supplements Henderson's work with a biographical essay and discerning annotations to present a complete picture of this remarkable woman.

Low, Ann Marie. (1984). Dust Bowl diary. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Low's biography is based on the diary she kept between 1927 and 1937. A narrative was added and interspersed throughout the book. The diary and the narrative tell two stories: (1) the account of the effect of the drought, depression, and government programs upon Low's family and neighbors and (2) the story of Low's own coming to maturity under frustrating family circumstances, hampered by the restrictions society at that time placed upon young women, and in the face of poverty, seeing all we had worked for slip away
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Adult Fiction

Steinbeck, John. (2006). The grapes of wrath. New York: Penguin Books.

Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression. Originally published: New York: Viking Press, 1939.

Adult Nonfiction

Egan, Timothy. (2006). The worst hard time: The untold story of those who survived the Great American Dust Bowl. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Follow a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region. Follow their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black blizzards, crop failure, and the deaths of loved ones. Drawing on the voices of those who stayed and survived - those who, now in their eighties and nineties, will soon carry their memories to the grave - this is a story of endurance and heroism against the backdrop of the Great Depression.

Low, Ann Marie. (1984). Dust Bowl diary. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Based on the diary of the author kept between 1927 and 1937. Born in 1912, Low and her family lived on a farm in southeastern North Dakota. Low tells two stories in this biography: (1) her account of the effect of the drought, depression, and govenment programs, and (2) the story of her own coming of age under frustrating family circumstances, hampered by the restrictions society at that time placed upon young women, and in the face of poverty, seeing all that she and her family worked for slip away.

Worster, Donald. (2004). Dust Bowl: The southern plains in the 1930s. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.

Classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939. Tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Worster reflects on the state of the plains today and the threat of a new dust bowl.

Children's Literature - Fiction

Janke, Katelan. (2002). Survival in the storm: the dust bowl diary of Grace Edwards. New York: Scholastic.

A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in Dalhart, Texas, 1935. From the series: Dear America. Author, Katelan Janke from Dalhart, Texas, was the winner of the 1998 Arrow Book Club/Dear American Student Writing Contest.

Myers, Anna. (1992). Red-dirt Jessie. New York: Walker.

Jessie, a young girl living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression, tries to tame a wild dog and help her father recover from a nervous breakdown. Author Anna Myers lives in Chandler, Oklahoma.

Ryan, Pam Munoz. (2000). Esperanza rising. New York: Scholastic Press.

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Children's Literature - Nonfiction

Coombs, Karen Mueller. (2000). Children of the dust days. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

Focuses on the experiences of children during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when prolonged drought, coupled with farming techniques, caused massive erosion from Texas to Canada's wheat fields. Includes a project on how to make a burlap shirt! From the series: Picture the American Past.

Farris, John. (1989). The Dust Bowl. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of a part of the Great Plains, causing great hardship to farmers. Illustrations by Chris Miller. Includes a glossary of terms, suggested further reading, and works consulted.

Heinrichs, Ann. (2005). The Dust Bowl. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Point Books.

Discusses the 1930s disaster and the hardships that farmers and their families faced during that time.

Levey, Richard H. 2005). Dust Bowl! The 1930s black blizzards. New York: Bearport Pub.

With blinding clouds of dust blanketing the Great Plains like a raging Black Blizzard, the 1930s Dust Bowl crippled America's farmers, destroying their land and homes. Retells the compelling stories of the displaced farmers who struggled through the worst and longest drought in U.S. history. Discover the causes of droughts and dust bowls. Learn about advances made to prevent dust storms today. Gripping four-color photos, maps, and a diagram of a dust storm are guaranteed to capture students' attention. From the "X-treme disasters that changed America" series.

Meltzer, Milton. (2000). Driven from the land: The story of the Dust Bowl. New York: Benchmark Books.

Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s. Includes bibliographical resources and suggestions for further reading.

Price, Sean. (2007). The dirty thirties: documenting the Dust Bowl. Chicago, Ill.: Raintree.

Describes the Dust Bowl of the 1930's and the resulting mass migration of the Okies to California. Interesting topic includes quilts of the Dust Bowl.

Stanley, Jerry. (1992). Children of the Dust Bowl: The true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp. New York: Crown.

Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.

Children's Picture Books

Raven, Margot Theis. (1997). Angels in the dust. Mahwah, N.J.: BridgeWater Books.

Great Grandma Annie reminisces about life on her family's Oklahoma farm during the terrible drought of the 1930s when the region was known as the "Dust Bowl." Illustrated by Roger Essley.

Teen/Young Adult

Hesse, Karen. (1997). Out of the dust. New York: Scholastic Press.

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Slade, Arthur. (2003). Dust. New York: Wendy Lamb Books.

Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.

Great Depression

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Adult Nonfiction

Nishi, Dennis (Ed.). (2001). The Great Depression. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press.

A chronology of events, facts, and personal narratives of real people who lived through the Great Depression. Includes a time line and many resources for additional research. From the History Firsthand Series.

Children's Fiction

Ray, Delia. (2003). Ghost girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain story. New York: Clarion Books.

For 11-year-old April Sloane, living with her family in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, a one-room schoolhouse in the hollow introduces her to a world of possibilities along with Miss Christine Vest, the new teacher at the schoolhouse built by President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover. This book is based on the extensive collection of letters exchanged between the real-life Miss Vest and the White House.

Children's Nonfiction

Nishi, Dennis. (1998). Life during the Great Depression. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Describes daily life for Americans during the Great Depression, as well as some of the lasting changes that occurred such as the increased power of the federal government and technological and cultural innovations.

Press, Petra. (1999). The 1930s. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books.

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the troubled 1930s, focusing on the Depression, the Dust Bowl phenomenon, formation of labor unions, the rise of organized crime, and the Golden Age of radio. Extensive notes include books, journals, magazines, and internet resources. From the "Cultural history of the United States through the decades" series.

Children's Picture Books

Lied, Kate. (1997). Potato: A tale from the Great Depression. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.

When Dorothy's father loses his job and cannot find another, the family borrows a car and sets off for Idaho where jobs picking potatoes can be found. This true story gives children a vivid sense of the Depression on a level they can understand. The illustrations, simple and charming, are a perfect match for the story.

Coal Mining, 20th Century

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Adult Biography

Hickman, Homer. (2000). Coalwood way. New York: Delacorte Press.

Follow Homer through his senior year in 1959. Book #2 of the Coalwood Series.

Hickman, Homer. (1998). Rocket boys: A Memoir. New York: Delacorte Press.

In 1957, when fourteen-year-old Homer Hickam, Jr. (aka Sonny) watches Sputnik fly over his hometown of Coalwood, West Virginia, his life is changed forever. Knowing he wants to be part of the space race, Sonny and his friends, set out to learn as much as they can about launching rockets. Inspiration for the movie, October Sky. Book #1 of the Coalwood Series.

Hickman, Homer. (2001). Sky of stone. New York: Delacorte Press.

Follow Homer in 1961 during his first summer vacation from college, shortly after a foreman's death at the mine that Hickam's father supervises. Book #3 in the Coalwood Series.

Adult Fiction

Haigh, Jennifer. (2005). Baker Towers: A novel. New York: William Morrow.

A family saga that takes place in post-World War II Bakerton, a Pennsylvania mining town.

Children's Fiction

White, Ruth. (2008). Little Audrey. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Life in Jewell Valley, a coal mining town, during 1948. The story is told through the eyes and heart of Ruth’s older sister Audrey. The story gives the reader a brief look into poverty, hunger, hope, and the bonds that hold a family together during hard, trying times.

Children's Nonfiction

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. (1996). Growing up in coal country. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Voices of men, women, and children who immigrated to and worked in northeastern Pennsylvania at the turn of the century. The story that emerges is not just a story of long hours, little pay, and hazardous working conditions; it is also the uniquely American story of immigrant families working together to make a new life for themselves. It is a story of hardship and sacrifice, yet also of triumph and the fulfillment of hopes and dreams.

Children's Picture Books

Brown, Elizabeth Ferguson. (2003). Coal country Christmas. Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press.

A trip to grandmother's house in a Pennsylvania Appalachian coal mining town makes for a memorable holiday. Illustrated by Harvey Stevenson.

Teen/Young Adult fiction

Laskas, Gretchen Moran. (2007). The miner's daughter. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Tells the story of Willa Lowell, a coal miner's daughter and the horrible living conditions in the fictitious Riley Mines coal town especially after the mines are shut down. Willa befriends missionary, Miss Grace, who establishes a small library in the town. Through books and her writings, Willa imagines a life outside of the poverty of Riley Mines. This new life eventually comes to the Lowell family when they are accepted into the New Deal Homestead of Arthurdale, WV.

Rylant, Cynthia. (2006). Ludie's life. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt.

The story of one woman's experiences in a hard-scrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family-and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them. Written in verse.

Bibliographies

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Coal Mining, 20th Century

Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Great Depression

Genres

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Adventure Fiction

Detective & Mystery Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

Historical Fiction

Horror Fiction

Children's Literature

Nonfiction

Romance Fiction

Science Fiction

Teen / YA Literature

Western Fiction

Western Fiction

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Read West.com
An online magazine featuring authors and books of western literature. Includes best westers of all time, 50 greatest westerners, Spur Awards, news releases, online bookstore, an author directory with author profiles, and book reviews.

Western Writers of America
Founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West and bestow Spur Awards for distinguished writing in the western field. Today it has over 500 members who write everything from mainstream fiction to local history. WWA actively helps its members promote their books and articles, and aggressively promotes the literature of the American west, which it considers this country's unique contribution to world literature.

Keywords for Searching
Western stories
Fiction, Western
Stories, Western
Westerns
West (U.S.) Fiction

Science Fiction

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ARRT Science Fiction Genre Study
The Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT) studied the Science Fiction genre from 2002 - 2003.

SciFi Weekly Book Reviews
Sort by date, title, author, or grade.

Keywords for Searching
Science Fiction
Science stories
Adventure stories
Literature and science
Future in literature
Time travel
Star Trek fiction
Star Wars fiction
Future in literature

Nonfiction

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ARRT Nonfiction Genre Study
The Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT) Genre Study Group studied the Nonfiction genre from 2006-2008. Subjects include: true crime, natural history, travel, popular biographies, inspiration/personal change, memoirs, adventure/survival, popular science, history/microhistory, food/football/fun, politics/current events, race, gender, sports, mining th 800s, and the animal kingdom.

Horror Fiction

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Horror Fiction News Network
Provides news, excerpts of new works, reviews, blogs, links, news feeds, reading room, and coming soon--Horror Literature Quarterly.

Horror Picks
From the Morton Grove Public Library Webrary.

Horror Writers Association
Provides a booklist alphabetically arranged by author's last name. No ranking is implied. Also includes awards, free excerpts, conference information, horror links, reading list, and writing tips for readers, booksellers, and a special webpage for Librarians.

Horror Library
A place to read great horror stories. It is also a place to get your own horror fiction seen and read. Not only is The Horror Library a reader’s paradise, but it also an open marketplace. Everything you read here is also up for purchase.

International Horror Guild
Created in 1995 as a way to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy.

Necropsy: A Review of Horror Fiction
Includes author, title, reviewer, and publisher indices and a bookshelf by year of publication.

Keywords for Searching
Horror stories
Horror Fiction
Horror tales

Historical Fiction

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ARRT Historical Fiction Booklist
From the Adult Reading Round Table. Includes: action-packed adventure stories, timeless tales of love, intimate portraits of fascinating people and richly detailed depictions of days gone by. From the Ice Age to the early 20th Century, the story of mankind is played out in the pages of these well-researched, well-written novels.

HistFiction.net
Includes historical fiction current bestsellers, author database, links to forums, other webs sites, a book search, resources for writers, a message board, and a guide to historical fiction reference resources.

Historical Novel Society
The Historical Novel Society was founded in 1997 and promotes all aspects of historical fiction. They provide support and opportunities for new writers, information for students, booksellers, and librarians, and a community for authors, readers, agents, and publishers.

Keywords for Searching
Historical
Historical fiction
Historical novels
Historical romances

Fantasy Fiction

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ARRT Fantasy Genre Study
The Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT) studied the Fantasy genre from 2004-2005. Their study discusses what fantasy is and what it is not and characteristics of the genre. Sub-genres are included: swords & sorcery, Arthurian legend, fairy tales, bestiary, urban fantasy, romantic fantasy, dark fantasy, parallel/alternative worlds, political fantasy, and humorous fantasy.

Keywords for Searching
Fantasy fiction
Fantastic fiction
Heroic fantasy (Fiction)
Fantasy literature
-- Use for works that feature imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests and magic.

Detective & Mystery Fiction

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ARRT Mystery Genre Study
he Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT) studied the Mystery genre from 1996 - 1997. Includes information about the storyline, setting/background/tone, characteristics, pacing, and read alikes. Sub-genres include: classic authors, female and male private detectives, police procedurals, great detectives, serial killers, historical mysteries, cozy mysteries, amateur detectives, non-series mysteries, crime novels, and comic/capers.

ClueLass and the Mysterious Home Page
ClueLass.com provides background information for newcomers and other interested parties. Bloodstained Bookshelf contains new releases of mystery, crime, and detective fiction scheduled for this and future months. Searchable archives of recent and past releases. Deadly Directory Online is a comprehensive international guide to the mystery fiction community. ClueLass Crypt is archive of mystery-related information, advice, and reference material.

Mystery Reader
Includes an author directory and hundreds of book reviews. Reviews are broken down by detective and mystery sub-genres.

Poisoned Pen
Links to new releases, recommended reading, awards, conferences, and an events calendar for the Phoenix, AZ area. Also includes links to mystery author websites, mystery websites, and the Poisoned Pen Press.

Stop - You're Killing Me
A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. Includes over 2,100 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 23,000 titles), both series and non-series. Features include an author, character, and location indices, as well as read-alikes and award winners.

Keywords for Searching
Crime stories
Detectives
Detective and mystery stories
Gentleman detective stories
Murder mysteries
Mysteries
Mystery and detective stories
Mystery stories
P.I. stories
Private detective stories
Private investigator stories
Who-done-it stories
Who-done-its
Whodunit stories
Whodunits

Adventure Fiction

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ARRT Adventure Genre Study
The Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT) studied the Adventure genre from 1998-1999. Their study discusses the characteristics of Adventure genre, 19th and 20th century military stories and differences between American and British writing styles, exotic adventure, technothrillers, westerns, medical thrillers, and political and financial thrillers. Authors are suggested for each sub-genre, along with lots of readers' advisory tips.

Keywords for Searching
Adventure stories
Adventure and adventurers fiction
Adventure fiction
Swashbucklers
Thrillers