Reader’s Advisory references

Good reads

http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/action-adventure  &

http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/adventure

Strengths:

·  Membership is free

·  Large database

·  Get reviews and recommendations

·  Post your own reviews

·  Join discussion groups

·  Create a personal bookshelf , add and sort books

Weaknesses:

·  Reviews are not from professional critics

Books Should be Free

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/genre/Adventure

Strengths:

·  Free public domain database

·  Book recommendations and reviews

·  Download audio books or e-books

·  Can search by genre

Weaknesses:

·  Reviews are not from professional critics 

·  Does not sort adult from children’s fiction

NoveList

Strengths:

·  Can search by genre

·  Book recommendations and critical reviews

·  Links to book discussion groups

Weaknesses:

·  Subscriptions costs, no guest access

Love Reading

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/genre/aa/Action-and-Adventure.html

Strengths:

·  Restricted guest access

·  Can search by genre

·  Book recommendations and reviews

·  RSS feeds and email alerts

·  Order books online

·  Extracts from books prior to publication dates

Weaknesses:

·  Subscriptions costs

·  Reviews are not from professional critics

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Books-Action-Adventure-Fiction/zgbs/books/720360

Strengths:

·  Order books online, lists bestsellers

·  Can search by genre

·  Book recommendations and reviews

·  Read alike recommendations

Weaknesses:

·  Reviews are not from professional critics

World Cat

http://www.worldcat.org/genres/adventure-fiction.html

Strengths:

·  Restricted guest access

·  Book recommendations and critical reviews

·  Read alike recommendations

·  Reading tracking

Weaknesses:

·  Reviews are not from professional critics

Book BrowseRev

http://www.bookbrowse.com/read-alikes/

Strengths:

·  Restricted guest access

·  Book recommendations and critical reviews

·  Read alike recommendations

·  Reading tracking

Weaknesses:

·  Subscription costs

Genreflecting

Herald, D & Wiegand, W (ed.) 2006 Genreflecting: A guide to popular reading interests, 6^th edn, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CT.

·  List of books by subgenre, regularly updated in 6^th edn.

Blood, bedlam, bullets, and badguys

Gannon, M 2004, Blood, bedlam, bullets, and badguys: a reader’s guide to adventure/suspense fiction, Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CT, USA

·  List of books by subgenre, last updated 2004