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Beigbeder,
Frédéric
Dernier inventaire avant liquidation
809f B422 [2001]
Corrigan, Maureen
Leave me alone, I'm reading: finding and losing myself in books
028.9 C825 (2005)
Labro, Philippe
Lettres d'Amérique: un voyage en littérature
810.9f L126 [2001]
Major, David
C.
100 one-night reads: a book lover's guide
028 M234 (2001)
Manguel, Alberto
A reading diary
028.9 M277 (2004)
Manguel, Alberto
Journal d'un lecteur
028.9f M277 (2004)
Nelson, Sara
So many books, so little time: a year of passionate reading
028.9 N431 (2003)
Pennac, Daniel
Comme un roman
028.9f P412 [1992]
*also available in English as Better than life
Zane, J. Peder
Remarkable reads: 34 writers and their adventures in reading
028.9 R384 (2004)
Dodson, Shirleen
The mother-daughter book club
028.8 (1997)
Hartley, Jenny
Reading groups
028.8 H332 (2001)
Heft, Harold
Build a better book club
028.8 H461 (1999)
Moore, Ellen
Good books lately: the one-stop resource for book groups and other
greedy readers
028.8 M821 (2004)
Pearlman, Mickey
What to read: the essential guide for reading group members and
other book lovers
028.8 P359a2 (1999)
Reading group choices:
selections for lively book discussions
028.8 R287 (1997)
Saal, Rollene
The New York Public Library guide to reading groups
028.8 S111 (1995)
Boncenne, Pierre
Bernard Pivot présente la bibliothèque idéale
REF / 809f B582 / Aide aux lecteurs (1988)
Boxall, Peter
1001 books you must read before you die
REF / 028 o58 / Reader's advisory (2006)
Callil, Carmen
The modern library: the two hundred best novels in English since
1950
REF / 016.823 C158/ Reader's advisory (1999)
Gaudreau, Hélène
100 romans français qu'il faut lire
REF / 843f G267 / Aide aux lecteurs (2002)
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library's books of the century
REF / 016.90982 N532 / Reader's advisory (1996)
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library literature companion
REF / 803 N532 (2001)
Rennison, Nick
Bloomsbury good reading guide
REF / 028 B655a6 / Reader's advisory (2003)
Contemporary Authors
REF / 920 C761
Contemporary authors,
new revision series
REF / 920 C761a4 (vols 1-84)
Contemporary literary
criticism: excerpts from criticism of today's novelists, poets, playwrights,
short story writers, scriptwriters, and other creative writers
REF / 809 C761 (211 vols.)
Dictionary of literary
biography (24 vols.)
*books in this series are dispersed throughout the
literature section of the Reference department. Search for the subject
"dictionary of literary biography" to retrieve a complete list of titles.
Magill, Frank Northen
Cyclopedia of world authors
REF / 920 M194 (3 vols.)
Literary theory, characters, and places
Aron, Paul
Le dictionnaire du littéraire
REF / 803f D554ar (2002)
Bradbury, Malcolm
The Atlas of literature
REF / 809 A881 (1996)
Encyclopaedia universalis
Dictionnaire des genres et notions littéraires
REF / 803f D554u (2001)
Encyclopaedia universalis (Firme)
Le monde des littératures
REF / 809f M741 (2003)
Manguel, Alberto
The dictionary of imaginary places
REF / 802 M277a2 (1999)
Book genres: mystery, fantasy, science fiction, travel, and more!
Anderson, Sarah
Anderson's Travel companion: a guide to the best non-fiction and
fiction for traveling
REF / 016.91 A549/ Reader's advisory (1995)
Barron, Neil
What do I read next? : A reader's guide to current genre fiction:
fantasy, western, romance, horror, mystery, science fiction
REF / 016.813 W555 / Reader's advisory (2001)
Bérard, Sylvie
Les 50 romans d'amour
qu'il faut lire
REF / 809.3f B565 / Aide aux lecteurs (1996)
Burgin, Robert
Nonfiction reader's advisory
REF / 025.54 N812/ Reader's advisory (2004)
Burt, Daniel S.
What historical novel do I read next?
REF / 016.823 B973 / Reader's advisory (1997)
Castro, Rafaela
What do I read next?: Multicultural literature
REF / 016.8108 W555 / Reader's advisory (1997)
Clute, John
The Encyclopedia of fantasy
REF / 809.38766 E56 (1999)
Deleuse, Robert
Les maîtres du roman policier
REF / 809.3f D348 (1991)
Herald, Diana Tixier
Genreflecting: a guide to reading interests in genre fiction
REF / 016.813 H531a5 / Reader's advisory (2000)
Herald, Diana Tixier
Teen genreflecting
REF / 016.813 H531t / Reader's advisory (1997)
Heising, Willetta L.
Detecting men: a reader's guide and checklist for mystery series
written by men
REF / 016.823 H473 / Reader's advisory (1998)
Herbert, Rosemary
The Oxford companion to crime and mystery writing
REF / 809.3872 O98 (1999)
Kelleghan, Fiona
Classics of science
fiction and fantasy literature
REF / 809.3876 C614 (2 vols.) (2002)
Magill, Frank Northen
Survey of modern fantasy literature
REF / 809.3 S963 (5 vols.)
Manfrédo, Stéphane
La science-fiction
REF / 809.3876f M276 / Aide aux lecteurs (2005)
Murail, Lorris
La science-fiction
REF / 809.3876f M972s (1999)
Pearl, Nancy
Book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and reason
REF / 011.73 P359 / Reader's advisory (2003)
Pearl, Nancy
More book lust: recommended reading for every mood, moment, and
reason
REF / 011.73 P359m / Reader's advisory (2005)
Pearl, Nancy
Now read this II: a guide to mainstream fiction, 1990-2001
REF / 016.823 P359 / Reader's advisory (2002)
Simony, Maggy
The Traveler's reading guide
REF / 016.91 T779a2 / Reader's advisory (1993)
Spehner, Norbert
Le roman policier en Amérique française
REF / 843.09f S742 / Aide aux lecteurs (2000)
Summers, Claude J.
The Gay and lesbian literary heritage: a reader's companion to the
writers and their works, from antiquity to the present
REF / 809.892 G285 (1995)
Tucker, Nicholas
The rough guide to books for teenagers
REF / 011.62 T893 / Reader's advisory (2002)
Vindt, Gérard
Les grands romans historiques
REF / 809.3f V781 / Aide aux lecteurs (1991)
Literature in Canada and
Quebec
Amon, Évelyne
Grandes oeuvres de la littérature française
REF / 840.9f A523 / Aide aux lecteurs (1997)
Boivin, Aurélien
Pour une lecture du roman québécois: de Maria Chapdelaine à Volkswagen
blues
843f B685 (1996)
Clarke, George Elliott
Odysseys home: mapping African-Canadian literature
REF / 819.09 C598 (2002)
Desmeules, Georges
Dictionnaire des personnages du roman québécois : 200 personnages
des origines à 2000
REF / 843.09f D463 (2003)
Garcin, Jérôme
Dictionnaire des écrivains contemporains de langue française par
eux-mêmes
REF / 840.9f D5543 / Aide aux lecteurs (2004)
Martineau, Jacques
Les 100 romans québécois qu'il faut lire
REF / 843.09f M385a2 / Reader's advisory (2004)
Ministère de la culture et
des communications
Prix littéraire du Québec: répertoire
REF / 840f P961 / Aide aux lecteurs (2003)
New, William H.
Encyclopedia of literature in Canada
REF / 819 E56 (2002)
Skene Melvin, David
Canadian crime fiction
REF / 016.823 C212 / Reader's advisory (1996)
Allen, Roger M. A.
An introduction to Arabic literature
REF / 892.7 A428 (2000)
Bartram, Graham
The Cambridge companion to the modern German novel
REF / 833.09 C178 (2004)
Beaumarchais, Jean-Pierre de
Dictionnaire des écrivains de langue française
REF / 840.9f D5542 (2001)
Brand, Peter
The Cambridge history of Italian literature
REF / 850.9 C178 (1999)
Drabble, Margaret
The Oxford companion to English literature
REF / 820.3 O98a6 (2000)
France, Peter
The Oxford guide to literature in English translation
REF / 820.9 o98L (2000)
Grisoni, Dominique-Antoine
Goncourt, cent ans de littérature
REF / 843.09f G635 (2003)
Kristal, Efraín
The Cambridge companion to the Latin American novel
REF / 863.009 C178 (2005)
Laffont, Robert
Le Nouveau dictionnaire des œuvres: de tous les temps et de tous
les pays
REF / 809f N934 Vol.1
-7 (1994)
Levi, Anthony Herbert Tigar
Guide to French literature: 1789 to the present
REF / 840.9 L664 (1992)
Mitterand, Henri
Dictionnaire des grandes oeuvres de la littérature française
REF / 840.9f D554m / Aide aux lecteurs (1992)
Moss, Joyce
African literature and its times
REF / 896 M913 (2000)
Segel, Harold B.
The Columbia guide to the literatures of Eastern Europe since 1945
REF / 891.7009 S454 (2003)
Shaked, Gershon
HebreWriters: a general directory
REF / 892.4 H4461 (1993)
Terras, Victor
A history of Russian literature
REF / 891.709 T324 (1991)
Trudeau, Lawrence J.
Asian American literature: reviews and criticism of works by American
writers of Asian descent
REF / 810.9 A832 (1999)
Turner, Harriet S.
The Cambridge companion to the Spanish novel from 1600 to the present
REF / 863 C178 (2003)
Books in Canada
1972-to date
Bookforum
Winter 2002-to date
Bookmarks
Current year
Entre les lignes : le
magazine sur le plaisir de lire
depuis 2004
The Globe and Mail Books
Jan. 8, 2000-to date
The Guardian Weekly
Last six months
Lettres québécoises
de 1980-1993
Le libraire
depuis 2005 (aussi disponible en
ligne)
Lire
depuis 1990
Literary Review of Canada
Current year
Magazine littéraire
depuis 1994
New York Review of Books
1994-to date
The New York
Times Book Review
1967-to date
Nuit Blanche
de 1996-2002
Quill & Quire
1983-to date
Ruminator Review
1994-to date
The Times Literary Supplement
(TLS)
1962-to date
Databases especially for book clubs and book lovers
Novelist
NoveList is a fiction
database that provides summaries, subject heading access and reviews for
over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes Author Read-alikes, Book
Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.
Proquest/
Canadian Newsstand/ CBCA
Use this newspaper and magazine database to find book reviews, author
interviews, and other interesting articles on the books and authors you
are reading. Full-text access to the New York Times Book Review, New
Yorker, Library Journal and more.
Contemporary
Authors
Biographical and bibliographical information for more than 90,000 authors
worldwide. Entries contain information about the author as well as a "sidelight"
on his/her professional career. Each article will also include a full
bibliography of the author's work and articles in which the author has
been featured.
Globe
& Mail Historical
Use this database to find book reviews from the Globe and Mail.
You can access newspaper articles from 1844 -2001. For Globe and Mail
articles from 2001 to the present, use the Globe and Mail CD-ROM
which is available on computer stations number 1 &2 in the Reference Department.
Actualité Québec
(in-Library access only)
French-language newspapers dating back to January 1985. Titles include
L'Actualité, Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Droit, Le Soleil and Voir.
Repère (in-Library
access only)
Retrieve articles from 550 French-language periodicals using this
database.
Book
Club Resources
This website, from the Popular Reading Library branch of the Vancouver
Public Library, provides lists of web sites which provide reading suggestions,
lists of book award winners, book reviews, literary criticism, author
biographies and geography and history resources.
Book-Clubs-Resource.com
This website collects and indexes links to online book clubs, reading
resources and book guides, discussion groups, and websites with advice
for someone running their own book club.
If you like
… Read-alikes
This website from the Waterboro Public Library indexes other sites with
read-alikes for various topics, genres, and authors.
Internet Public
Library: Literary Criticism
A guide to sites on the Internet providing literary criticism. The Internet
Public Library also has its own literary criticism website here.
Overbooked
A web site for ravenous readers which specializes in literary and genre
fiction. Information and links to authors' websites, annotated booklists
of all types, and much more.
For more links to sites
about books, book clubs, reading, authors and literary awards,
visit our Virtual
Reference Desk's page about Books and
Authors
For our own publications, visit our Publications page.
The
Library has a new area just for book lovers!
Come in and visit our readers' advisory corner, located on the
main floor of the Library. Here you will find various resources to help
you choose a new book to read or find out what's happening in the Library
and in the literary world