Free Fiction Web Sites

Mysteries:
Crime Fiction -- Brief biographical information and bibliographies for British mystery writers, including links to further Internet resources. http://www.crimefiction.com/index.htm

Mysterious Homepage -- A guide to mystery and crime fiction on the Internet. Packed with information.
http://www.cluelass.com/

The Mystery Reader -- Reviews of mysteries of all sorts, arranged by type police procedural, historical, cozy, etc.
http://www.themysteryreader.com

Stop - You're Killing Me -- Search for books by a variety of indexes: author, character, setting, job of the series character, historical period, cross-genre and more. http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/

Science Fiction:
Locus Magazine -- An online magazine with reviews, author interviews, a short story index, and more. http://www.locusmag.com

SF Site: The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy -- An online magazine of science fiction and fantasy, featuring reviews, reading lists and author interviews. http://www.sfsite.com

Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database -- Articles, books, news reports, obituaries, motion picture reviews and other material about science fiction and fantasy. http://library.tamu.edu/cushing/sffrd

Fantastic Fiction -- Great for series info. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

Fantasy:
Fantasy Author List -- An alphabetical list of suggested fantatsy writers, with annotations of the works listed. http://www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon/listcont.htm

Fantasy Finder -- Reviews, booklists, and a great collection of links to author web sites http://www.hoh.se/fantasyfinder

SF Site: The Home Page for Science Fiction and Fantasy -- An online magazine of science fiction and fantasy, featuring reviews, reading lists and author interviews. http://www.sfsite.com

Horror:
Dark Echo Horror -- Reviews, author information http://www.darkecho.com

Horror World -- Reviews, author interviews, links http://www.horrorworld.org

Horror Writers Association -- Reading lists, information for horror authors, links to other resources. http://www.horror.org

Romance:
All About Romance -- Reviews, reading lists, discussions, and author information. http://www.likesbooks.com

The Romance Reader -- Large collection of reviews, as well as author information and articles. http://www.theromancereader.com

Romance Writers of America -- Romance novel database, descriptions of romance types, reviews, links to author websites, and more. http://www.rwanational.org

Romantic Times -- An online magazine for romance readers, with articles, reviews, and title lists. http://www.romantictimes.com

Historical Fiction:
Historical Novel Society -- Reading lists, book reviews, writer's forum, author interviews, and an online reading group. http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org

Soon's Historical Fiction Site -- Reviews, book lists, lots of links to online information on historical fiction writers, and an extensive list of authors of historical fiction, with a short biography, lists of works and links to other information. http://www.histfiction.net

Compiled by Rebecca Vnuk, Adult Services Department Head, 2007