Current Book Reviews
Please browse our book reviews of recently released titles. We typically add reviews at a rate of 2-3 a week, so check back frequently.

Author Profiles
Browse your favorite contemporary authors! This resource is by no means complete, and is constantly being updated, so check back for new additions.

Fiction
Character, plot, or theme driven; general fiction or genre fiction -- it's all fiction. It springs from the authors imagination and takes root in our own. Here you will find the gamut of fiction reviewed.

Nonfiction
The creative nonfiction essay, memoir, biography, the arts, politics... find here the latest and greatest offerings in the nonfiction genre. Please email us with your suggestions for newly released works for review.

Biography & Memoir
Memoir is the illumination of pen and ink upon one's life experience. It is memory, colored by time and distilled through the creative nonfiction process, and its fruits are some of the best that contemporary literature has to offer.

Creative Nonfiction
The art and sincerity of the personal essay symbiotically fused with the craft of the story. Creative nonfiction remains the cornerstone of longtime periodicals like The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly, while finding new and edgier voice in journals like McSweeney's. Sample some of the personal essay fare we've found.

Contemporary Literature Reading Lists
Any reading list whether of contemporary literature or otherwise is subjective by nature. We've endeavored, therefore, to break out a number of lists to give you a subjective view of what's out there that's worth pursuing. I'd consider these books essentials or must-reads in each of their particular sub-categories. Have at it!

Author Interviews
Sit down to some discourse with your favorite authors or learn about up and coming authors you haven't read yet.

Video Bookwraps
A video bookwrap combines author interviews in streaming video and audio with book and author biographical information. It's a multimedia book jacket that contains all the information of a print jacket - and more!

First Chapters / Excerpts
Try before you buy! Read first chapters and excerpts from the latest contemporary literature offerings.

Blogs
Weblog, blog, online journal - they are the epistles of the 21st century, and they are omnipresent on the web. Some are actual online journals, thoughts and musings, while other blogs consist mainly of web links. There are even photoblogs.

Literary Magazines Online
A sampling of the variety of literary magazines available to you 24/7 on the web.

Harry Potter Resources
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is here! Do you know Azkaban from Dumbledore? Get caught up on "The Sorcerer's Stone," "The Chamber of Secrets," "The Prisoner of Azkaban," and "The Goblet of Fire" now!

Online Dictionaries and Thesauri
A number of high quality web dictionaries and thesauri.

Writing Groups
One writer helping another has long been one of the best methods to increase one's quality and quantity of writing. These are some web-based resources for that kind of support.

Best Books of 2003
As we wind down the clock on 2003, lets look at a few of the published Best Of lists!

Homework Help
How to write a book review, literary terms, symbolism. Do you know your epigrams from your epithets? Paradox from parody? Can you give an example of irony? Things your teacher never told you and more.

Glossary of Literary Terms
From allegory to onomatopoeia to verse. Everything you wanted to know about literature packed in this glossary of literary terms. Do you know your exposition from your resolution? Your rising action from your falling action? You will.

And don't miss...
A mishmash of other fun literary resources on the web.

Book Publishers
A sampling of the leading book publishing companies, a resource for readers and writers alike, with links to the publishers' online catalogs.

Small Press Publishers
Publishers Weekly estimates that more than 7,000 new publishers form each year. These small presses are motivated by the desire to publish what they see fit, to do their own thing. While by no means a complete list, here are about 40 such small presses for you to discover and explore, all of which are members of The Small Press Center for Independent Publishing.

Book Review Web Sites
Book review web sites and resources.

Online Book Clubs
Get together with other book lovers online! Chat-based clubs, discussion forums, and e-mail lists are great ways to develop community around reading.

Oprah's Book Club
Oprah's Book Club is coming back, but with a difference: This time, instead of recommending new works, Oprah will be focusing on Classics, with each show originating from a locale tied to the literary work being featured. Here are some resources from her original and refurbished Book clubs.

Magazines on Books and Publishing
Packed with news, reviews, and interviews. What's going on in the publishing industry.

Children's Books - Online Resources
A number of online resources for children's book reviews and recommendations, links and literacy.

Science Fiction and Fantasy
Science Fiction and Fantasy book clubs, reviews, authors, and more.

Mystery and Suspense
Here are several resources for all you mystery and suspense lovers.

Short Stories, Flash Fiction, Poetry
There is some AMAZING work being done with short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and much of it is available right here on the web.

Regular Book Review Contributors
It would be impossible for me to keep up with the steady stream of newl-released literature all by myself. We typically review 1-2 new titles weekly here, no meager output, thanks to these proven writers.