Many of our most popular resources in the last year were designed to help booklovers find new titles and authors of interest. Of those, NPR's Book Concierge stood out as the clear favorite among Scout readers and staff alike. In addition to being impressed by this site's impeccable design, we loved the breadth of genres on offer and the freedom to mix and match categories to find new favorites, as...

During the past few centuries the state of Ohio has proved to be a place of great fecundity in terms of producing outstanding authors, poets, and literary curmudgeons of all stripes. Ohioans clearly love to read, and this is demonstrated by the fact that the Cleveland Public Library is the home to the Ohio Center for the Book, and has served in this capacity since 1977. The Center promotes books,...

If you are a book-lover with an ever-expanding "to-read" list, then this podcast is for you. Hosted by Andrew Cunningham and Craig Getting, Overdue is dedicated to, "the books you've been meaning to read." Each hour-long episode is dedicated to a single title and selections range from classics, contemporary award winners, non-fiction, young adult books, cult favorites, and even inescapable...

People have been meeting in informal groups to discuss works of literature for hundreds of years, and in recent years reading groups have continued to increase in general popularity. This website, designed by a team of avid readers, provides a host of helpful resource materials for those seeking to start and maintain an effective reading group. Launched in January 2001, the site now includes over...

The Sharing Through Story platform focuses on Indigenous texts and literacy resources that educators can implement in their classrooms to acknowledge and celebrate the original storytellers. These resources include a Literacy Seed Kit (a list of "culturally relevant resources," and texts accompanied by teaching guides); an Indigenous Literature Kit (a more than 300-page professional development...

The Book Report Network "is a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week." Teenreads.com, which is part of a network described as "THE place online for teens to talk about their fave books --- and find the...

The charge of the National Book Foundation has been to highlight great American writers and writings. As the preeminent organization devoted to literature "the Foundation has sought to fulfill this mission in two ways. Through The National Book Awards -- the nation's preeminent literary prize -- the Foundation recognizes books of exceptional merit written by Americans. Through its unique outreach...

The Reading Lists is a website authored by Phil Treagus, a self-described "reading list hunter." Treagus has a simple mission: interviewing individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise about their work and asking them to offer some book recommendations. On the homepage of the website, visitors can browse these recommendations under the interviews tab, which includes the...