San Antonio Public Library Book Lists: Read-A-Likes

• Jean Auel
• Lilian Jackson Braun
• Tom Clancy
• Mary Higgins Clark
• Robin Cook
• Diana Gabaldon
• John Grisham
• Robert Jordan
• Jan Karon
• Terry McMillan
• James Patterson
• Richard North Patterson

San Antonio Public Library Book Lists: Thematic Lists

• Alternate History
• Gay and Lesbian
• Inspirational
• Vampires

Other Book Lists & Read-A-Like Web Sites

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 - The American Library Association presents this list and links to other sites related to censorship and Banned Books Week.

BookSense 76 Picks - These new titles, arranged in categories, are all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Enoch Pratt Free Library Booklists - A variety of annotated lists divided into categories of Fiction, Young Adult, Non-Fiction, and Pratt Picks - The Best Books of the 20th Century.

The Fiction_L List of Lists - An eclectic group of booklists compiled by a group of fiction librarians and experts, arranged in categories of Genre, Character, Setting, Subject, Author, Audience, Best, and Miscellaneous.

Halton Hills Reader's Advisory - An Ontario, Canada library system offers several dozen booklists on a wide range of topics.

Literature and Medicine Database - This annotated bibliography of medically-related literature is sponsored by the NYU School of Medicine. The database is searchable by keyword, genre, author, title, era, and ethnicity. (The full database also includes film, video, and art.)

Mosaicbooks' Black Literary Showcase - Features annotated lists of recent fiction and nonfiction by African American authors.

Oprah's Book Club - The official Oprah's Book Club website, it features a complete list of all the books selected by Oprah along with reviews, excerpts, and interviews with the authors.

State Library of Tasmania Readalikes - Click on the names of authors you've liked for a list of other novels that you might enjoy.

Time's All-Time 100 Novels - Time critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

What do I read next? - Annotated booklists, many in the mystery genre, from the Manchester (CT) Public Library.

Who Reads What? - A list of celebrities' favorite books, compiled by the Gardiner (Maine) Public Library and sponsored by Gale Research.