Includes full-text works of American literature, English literature, and Western philosophy.  Also includes a concordance for finding individual words within a text.
 

Alibris :  http://www.alibris.com

Alibris is a comprehensive source of new, used, and hard-to-find books from independent booksellers, publishers, and distributors.
 

American Verse Project :  http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse

The American Verse Project is an electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920.  Searchable by author, title, or keyword.
 

Bibliomania :  http://www.bibliomania.com

Offers fully searchable full-text editions of classic works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and some reference titles.  Includes the complete plays of Shakespeare and major titles from Austen, Dickens, Twain, Freud, Benjamin Franklin, and a host of other English language authors.
 

Book Spot :  http://www.bookspot.com

"Bookspot is the information sweetspot of the best book-related resources on the World Wide Web.  It is designed to break through the information overload to bring top book-related sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot."
 

BookFinder :  http://www.bookfinder.com

This is a book shopping search engine that scans book-seller databases to find new, used, rare, and out of print books.
 

Bookreporter :  http://www.bookreporter.com

Browse by category or search for recent book reviews, excerpts, and author interviews, done just for Bookreporter.  Reviews range from a paragraph to a page, with longer reviews being signed.
 

BookWire :  http://www.bookwire.com

Provides extensive book related information/news from book-sellers, publishers, and libraries.  Features include book reviews, awards and best sellers, authors in the media, and online book discussion groups.
 

Concordances of Great Books :  http://www.concordance.com

Have you ever wondered how many times the word "whale" occurs in Moby Dick?  Are you trying to find a half-remembered literary quote?  These concordances allow you to search for the occurrence of words in more than 200 classics.
 

The Online Literary Criticism Collection :  http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Includes over 2,500 critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, title, nationality, and literary period.
 

Oprah's Book Club :  http://www.oprah.com/obc/obc_landing.jhtml

Includes the current pick and author bio, as well as past selections, other books discussed on her show, and a message board where you can contribute your views. Oprah's Book Club was disbanded in April 2002, and reestablished in June 2003.
 

Project Gutenberg :  http://www.gutenberg.net

This site includes fine literature digitally republished in full-text format.

ReadingGroupGuides :  http://www.readinggroupguides.com

Use this site to find over 1,300 book club discussion guides, browsable by title, author, or subject.  Also includes advice for starting and running a book club or reading group.

Sparknotes.com :  http://www.sparknotes.com

A collection of study guides contributed by Harvard students and graduates.  The literature section includes guides to classic works, similar to that of Cliff Notes. 
 

Verse at Bartleby.com :  http://www.bartleby.com/verse

"With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the Web."
 

What's Next :  http://www.kdl.org/libcat/whatsnext.asp

Offered by the Kent District Library, this database searches adult fiction series by author, title, or series name.