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The top ten books published this month that librarians across the country love.
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Agatha Awards
Honors the “traditional mystery,” books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie and others.
Edgar Awards
Search the Edgar Awards database to find winners of the prestigious award given to writers of mysteries.
Hugo Awards
Awards for science fiction, voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.
Indie Next List
Inspired recommendations from indie booksellers.
The Booker Prizes
The Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Booker International Prize is awarded to an author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.
RITA Awards
Recognizes excellence in romance fiction.
Spur Awards
Recognizes the best in Western literature.
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IMDB
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Metacritic Movies
Find critical reviews, discover what’s new and notable, and leave your own ratings and reviews.
MovieLens
MovieLens is a research site run by GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota. MovieLens uses “collaborative filtering” technology to make recommendations of movies that you might enjoy, and to help you avoid the ones that you won’t.
