Given that thousands of books are published each and ever year, it may be overwhelming for the discerning reader to separate the wheat from the chaff. Stepping into the fray (since 1997) is BookBrowse.com, started in 1997 by Davina Morgan-Witts and her husband Paul. As the site notes, "Bookbrowse carefully selects from the most interesting current books and provides you with multiple reviews and a...

Calling itself "a left center of gravity magazine of ideas," the Boston Review brings its bimonthly magazine to the Internet with this web site. The site includes the full text of the past three volumes of the magazine, prominent links to the most popular articles, and a comprehensive author index. Contributions range from highly topical articles (abortion, taxes) to interviews and "meditations,"...

The folly of downsizing book reviews http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-connelly29apr29,1,3962449.story?coll=la-news-comment Battle of the book reviews http://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-ca-bloggers13may13,0,4948424.story CRITICAL MASS: The blog of the national book critics circle board of directors http://bookcriticscircle.blogspot.com/ Salman Rushdie and Stephen...

Similar in both its outlook and content to the New York Review of Books here in the US, the London Review of Books is a place that serves as the nerve center for a great deal of discussion about literature and authors. This online edition of the London Review of Books will be a great place to browse for those who love to read, and particularly for those persons looking for trenchant reviews of...

New York Books packs a triple punch for bibliophiles: The New York Review of Books, Granta, and n.b., the monthly ezine about new books provided by the staff of the well-known Reader's Catalog. NYRB provides selected full text from the print issue, with archives of recent issues. In addition, full text of the first issue, published in early 1963, is available. Granta is a quarterly literary...

Rain Taxi is a non-profit literary organization dedicated to critically reviewing new literature and building awareness of new writers who may otherwise get overlooked. As part of this mission, Rain Taxi publishes a quarterly review of new poetry, fiction, and nonfiction work in both print and online editions. In addition to reviews, this publication also features interviews and feature essays....

This ezine, provided by SF Site, is dedicated to "the best in science fiction and fantasy, in print and media, on the web and off." Comprised mostly of book reviews, SF Site also offers a potpourri of other information, including a science fiction webzine.