Are there any good book review sites?

January 19, 2008 7:02 PM

Are there sites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB for books?
posted by dcrocha to society & culture (11 comments total)

These aren't quite the same as IMDB, but Bookslut and Goodreads are two I have been investigating.
posted by Silvertree at 7:12 PM on January 19, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

I dig Bookslut with a shovel!!!
Plus the New York Times Book Review is archived back to 1997.
posted by Dizzy at 7:17 PM on January 19, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

Check out Metacritic Books.
posted by upplepop at 7:37 PM on January 19, 2008

Not really a "review" site (although it does have reviews), but check out Library Thing.
posted by Flunkie at 7:48 PM on January 19, 2008

This is really nothing like Rotten Tomatoes, but I can usually find what I'm looking for, as well as fresh suggestions, from the comprehensive links list at Arts & Letters Daily (on left side of the page).
posted by dawson at 8:31 PM on January 19, 2008

Amazon.com items usually have reviews (though sometimes the authors' friends distort the balance by giving crappy books stellar write-ups).
posted by Burhanistan at 8:43 PM on January 19, 2008

The Complete Review.
posted by Kattullus at 9:06 PM on January 19, 2008

Reviews of Books is just that -- a repository of links to (professional) book reviews. Organized by genre.
posted by tentacle at 9:35 PM on January 19, 2008

The Internet Book List is pretty useful.
posted by gemmy at 11:56 PM on January 19, 2008

Fantastic Fiction is not quite what you are looking for but a nice one to have around.
posted by bjgeiger at 6:25 AM on January 20, 2008

bookshelves of doom is a blog by a librarian who reviews books for young adults. She also covers a lot of books enjoyed by all age groups.
posted by francesca too at 5:12 PM on January 20, 2008