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Genre Fiction
Historical Fiction | Horror | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Genreflecting
http://www.genreflecting.com/index2.html
Perhaps your taste runs to murky mysteries or spine-tingling horror fiction. Maybe you thrive on the thrill of great adventure. Or perhaps there's nothing you relish more than a juicy romance. Whatever your primary pleasure, if you love books and reading or work with those who do, this is the place for you.

Historical Fiction

Soon’s Historical Fiction
http://www.histfiction.net/
A wealth of information about authors, reading lists, essays, online bibliographies and more.

Uchronia: The Alternate History List
http://www.uchronia.net/
Did you ever wonder what the world would be like if history had taken a different turn? Uchronia offers an annotated bibliography of books, stories and essays of alternate history.

Horror

Dark Echo Horror
http://www.darkecho.com/darkecho/index.html
Shine a light into the “Dark” genre with extensive horror reviews, a comprehensive list of horror links on the web and feature articles on horror literature. You can also sign up for the Dark Echo newsletter, delivered free by e-mail.

Horror Writer’s Association
http://www.horror.org/
A worldwide organization of writers and publishing professionals dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it

Mystery

Bibliomysteries
http://bibliomysteries.com/
What are bibliomysteries? Mysteries with settings, plot or substantial characters all related to the world of books, writers, archives and libraries.” This is a fun site with links to book-related mysteries sorted by theme. There are discussion groups, author interviews, media links, games and activities as well as an alphabetical index of mysterious works and authors.

ClueLass Home Page
http://www.cluelass.com/index2.lasso
Browse the Bloodstained Bookshelf for new mystery, crime and detective fiction releases, or go sleuthing through the Cluelass Crypt, an archive of mystery references. The Deadly Directory guides you through the mystery community where you can search by name, location, or category.

Mysterious Home Page
http://www.cluelass.com/MystHome/index.html
Updated about once a week, this site is a comprehensive, well-organized compilation of links related to mystery, suspense and detective fiction. It maintains links to archives of detective fiction, a “Who's Who” directory, a glossary of hard-boiled slang, newsletters, and interactive games.

The Mystery Reader
http://www.themysteryreader.com/
This companion site to the Romance Reader will keep you in suspense as you eagerly await new titles, read through their mysterious booklists, and rifle through their reviews of the latest releases.

Romance

All About Romance
http://www.likesbooks.com/
The romance fan will fall in love with one of the most comprehensive romance sites around. Check out book lists and reviews, read “romantic” features or just “Talk Amongst Yourselves” in one of their reading groups or discussion lists.

The Romance Reader
http://www.theromancereader.com/
Romance readers will love this sumptuous array of book reviews, features, author interviews and romance news. Do you have a question about a romance but can’t remember the title? Try the “Readers Helping Readers” feature-maybe another romance fan can help!

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Linkoping SF & F Archive
http://www2.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/books/
Are you tired of reading reviews written only by critics? Do you wonder what the real fans think? Linkoping is very comprehensive, containing archives of reviews written by the fans, which were originally posted to a USENET newsgroup. You can browse by author or by a chronological timetable.

Locus Online
http://www.locusmag.com/
The definitive science fiction magazine is now online. Get “news, reviews, resources, and perspectives of the science fiction field”.

The Recommended Fantasy Author List http://www.sff.net/people/Amy.Sheldon/listcont.htm
A fantasy newsgroup grew into what is now a web site devoted to the best fantasy works as voted on by fans of the genre. Find bibliographies of your favorite authors or follow the crowd and read the authors with the most fan votes!

SF Site
http://www.sfsite.com/
Travel to the science fiction Mecca for fans of this genre. This is the place to go for author interviews, convention coverage, special features and reviews of books, television and anything else sci-fi related. It is also host to 17 other science fiction and fantasy web sites and e-zines, including the Internet Speculative Fiction database.

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