Kids and Teens Readers Advisory
Websites that provide booklists or recommendations for mostly kids and teens, and including ones that identify books by grade or reading level
A blog that contains critical and historical perspectives on Indians as portrayed in children's lit, with some great "top ten" lists for elementary, middle and high school levels. A "favorite" website for Dimond Branch librarians (OPL) which has an American indian literature collection.
Match grade and reading level and find recommended books; can also indicate child's interest with the keyword search
Lists of books for middle and high school age kids, by theme and interesting categories like "Edgy" and "Eco-reading", also fantasy for younger ages. Sponsored by Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, U of Wisconsin-Madison
A database of award winning children's literature, with interesting ways to search (age of reader, setting, historical period, ethnicity or nationality, language, keyword, awards)
DAWCL has over 8,400 records from 99 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland). Look up books to see if they won an award. Create lists based on over 10 criteria, including keywords, awards, genre, characters, etc. Read descriptions of awards. For kids and YA.
Tons of information on different techniques for gauging reading level of a text, so as to choose appropriate reading material for a child
Mid-Continent Public Library (Missouri) has a great database of series and sequels and the database is searchable also by title and author.
This website helps you zero in on the best books for different grade levels, plus award winner lists, and also what's new
A select list of recommended books kids of different ages will love
A colorfully designed blog with many different kinds of booklists for teens, including ultimate teen summer reading list of 300 books. Good way to keep up with what teens like to read. Includes authors, series, books into movies, and search box.
Many choices of resources for help in choosing books for kids, including by grade level, reading level, subjects, series, awards....
General Readers Advisory
A collection of links to readers advisory or book recommendation sites for general audiences
OPL Librarian selected "Award Winning Books" (website links to major book awards such as Pulitzer, Caldecott, Hugo Award, National Book Award, etc.)
A database of over 1250 books (novels, short stories, plays) that have been made into movies (using IMDB as authority). View by movie title, movie release year, book title, book author)
Simple interface -- just type in the last book you enjoyed reading and it will suggest a list of similar books -- deriving them from Amazon recommendation engine and LibraryThing (when available)
Search by author or publisher or various categories/genres and subjects.
Urban Lit
Resources for urban lit / street lit
Owner of Alexander Bookstore in San Francisco compiles lists of African-American authors. A go-to bookstore for the latest in urban lit or street lit. Get familiar with the most popular authors here! (Thanks to SF Chron for profiling this bookstore owner - 3-14-11)