If you require advice on new authors to try, please speak to the reference librarian. We will be able to point you in the right direction.

Woollahra Library and information Service brochures

Readers Advice brochure (PDF File, 1.02 MB) - Contains a list of books, magazines and websites to help you choose what to read next for individuals as well as Book Clubs.

Masters of Literature series brochures

• George Eliot  (PDF File, 107 KB)
• George Orwell  (PDF File, 142 KB)
• Jane Austen  (PDF File, 120 KB)
• T. S. Eliot  (PDF File, 102 KB)
• Virginia Woolf  (PDF File, 123 KB)
• William Shakespeare  (PDF File, 99.3 KB)

Recommended reading

• New Winter Reading 2008 (PDF File, 315 KB)
  

Online databases

Online databases at Woollahra Library Service that can help you with your reading choices are Novelist and What do I read next?  Both are available in the Library and from home through the online databases.

Websites to help you with your reading choices 

Abbey's Books Best seller List - Abbey's Books top ten.

Book browser - The guide for avid readers - This site designed by Barnes and Noble, has reviews and booklists as well as a search engine to search the archives.

Dymock Bestseller Lists - Dymocks booksellers list their best sellers for the week.

Good Book Guide - Where readers find writers - and writers find readers.

London Review of Books - Highly reputable source of reviews for recently released books on a range of subjects.

Morton Grove Public Library's Webrary

New York Review of Books - Highly respected and influential US newspaper.

Ozlit - More than 500 pages of Australian Literary information as well as more than 1100 entries in a searchable database.

Readers read - Readers read features news about the hottest books and authors in all genres, bestseller lists and links to the best sites for literature and books.

What's next - This website, run by Kent District Library will help you locate what the next title of the series is.

Allen and Unwin reading groups - Reading groups are a relaxing, fun thing to do for people who are open-minded and curious about what they read. Discover new titles and books you might not normally pick up and buy, or re-examine books you already know and love. You can make your reading experience richer and more rewarding by being a member of a reading group and meeting others who are interested in sharing their reading experience.

whichbook.net - Whichbook offers an easy way to find the kind of read you are looking for.

Encompass - The global bookclub - EnCompassCulture is a worldwide reading group, the place to find your next book and talk about books with other readers around the world. It has full details of over 6,000 books for all age ranges and is full of useful features. The site is produced by the British Council Literature Department.