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Specialist genres

Useful links to websites for books and reviews. Choose your desired genre.

mystery | regional writers | romancescience fiction and fantasy |thriller | terror/horror | western       

Mystery

Historical mystery fiction [new window] - Comprehensive site with an author A - Z, mystery by decade, time periods and more.

MysteryReader [new window] - Reviews, features and author interviews.

Stop you're killing me! [new window] - This site lists nearly 2,500 authors with complete chronological lists of their books.  Includes A-Z character database.

Regional writers

Australian literary and historical texts [new window] - Includes a listing in alphabetical order by author's name, as well as keyword search and browse by category page. 

BookBrowse [new window] - Browse genres and themes, popular choices, all about authors, reading guides and more.

Romance

Historical romance writers [new window] - Comprehensive site with a browsable index of heros, heroines, character types, series and reviews.

The romance authors page [new window] - This site contains book reviews,  newsletters and a research index.

Science fiction and fantasy

Locus online [new window] - News, reviews and perspectives of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

Books 'n Bytes Science fiction and fantasy authors [new window] - Comprehensive A - Z of authors.

SciFan [new window] - Database of writers and science fiction and fantasy series, prequels, sequels and books belonging to a common universe.  

Thriller

Mystery ink [new window] - Crime fiction book reviews, author interviews and more.

Terror/Horror

Monster Librarian [new window] - A site dedicated to helping librarians with horror genre collection development and readers advisory as well as helping readers of horror find another good book.

Western

Western writers [new window] - Information on awards, the best westerns, news and conventions.

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Last updated: 10th January 2012

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