Best Romance Novels

The Rita Awards, chosen by the Romance Writers of America, represent the best romance books of the year. Categories include best first novel, best romance suspense, and best historical romance. Look here to see past winners from 1983-2009.

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RA Run Down

Here are New Titles on the Most Wanted Mashup This Week from The Reader's Advisor Online. This is a list of the most popular titles taken from a "scan of more than 100 blogs, newsletters, magazines, newspapers and television."

Scroll down the page to view New, Noteworthy, and No-Brainer titles to be published this week.

Free BooksFrom DailyLit.com

Hell-Heaven from Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Unaccustomed Earth, is available from DailyLit.com. Register at DailyLit.com to have free installments of this collection of short stories sent to your e-mail account or blog reader here.

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Reading Guides from Penguin Books

Penguin Books has reading group guides for many of their books at their website.
These guides provide a brief synopsis of the book, biographical information and interviews with the author, and discussion questions. Guides can be browsed by author, title, or subject. I found many interesting titles when I browsed the site, including all three books from the Rashi's Daughters trilogy from Maggie Anton.

Vook

Vooks combine books and video. Here is the description from their website:

WHAT IS A VOOK?
A vook is a new innovation in reading that blends a well-written book, high-quality video and the power of the Internet into a single, complete story.
You can read your book, watch videos that enhance the story and connect with authors and your friends through social media all on one screen, without switching between platforms.

Listen to and watch a vook here.

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John Grisham's Novels Available as E-Books

John Grisham has decided to make all 23 of his books available in e-book format. This titles can now be found in electronic format at retailers including Sony Reader Store, Barnes & Noble.com and Amazon.com.

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Gnooks

Using Gnooks.com is a fun way to find authors similar to your current favs. Type the name of an author that you like and then click on "find this author." This will bring up a literature map with the names of other authors that you may enjoy. A literature map looks like the image at left.

When I typed "Anita Diamant", the literature map recommended that I try Sue Monk Kidd and Philippa Gregory, along with several others.

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