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Recommended reading
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- Goodreads: Get recommendations based on titles or genres you've enjoyed in the past, read reviews and browse book lists.
- LibraryThing: Create a digital catalogue of the books you have read, share your review and see what other people are saying about books.
- Inside a Dog: Great for young people and includes latest reading news and competitions.
- Novelist Plus: Find author read-alikes, book lists, book discussion guides and more.
- Literary Reference Centre: Discover plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic texts and much more.
- AustLit: Authoritative information on Australian creative and critical literature works as well as authors and literary organisations.
- Good Reading Hub: Library members can enjoy independent reviews and articles about books and authors at the Good Reading Hub, with PK mag (for children), Spineout (for young people) and Good Reading (for adults).