Favorite Resources

Below are some resources I’ve used when researching books, stories, authors, and really anything related to writing or stories. While some links may be obvious, I hope that at least a few of them will prove fresh and useful to you:

Cataloging

• Goodreads 
• https://www.goodreads.com/
• Library Thing 
• https://www.librarything.com/

Digital Documents

• Bartleby.com 
• http://www.bartleby.com/
• Library of Congress 
• https://www.loc.gov/
• The Poetry Foundation 
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
• Project Gutenberg 
• http://www.gutenberg.org/

General Information

• Book Cover Archive 
• http://bookcoverarchive.com/
• I Love Libraries 
• http://www.ilovelibraries.org/
• Internet Movie Database (IMDb) 
• https://www.imdb.com/
• Literary Hub 
• https://lithub.com/
• The Reader’s Nook 
• http://thereadersnook.com/
• Sparknotes 
• http://www.sparknotes.com/
• TV Tropes 
• http://tvtropes.org/
• Wikipedia 
• https://www.wikipedia.org/
• YouTube (BookTube)
• https://www.youtube.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBookTubeNetwork

Online Dictionaries

• Dictionary.com 
• http://www.dictionary.com/
• Merriam-Webster Online 
• https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictionary

Shopping

• AbeBooks (Used) 
• https://www.abebooks.com/
• Amazon (New, Used, digital copies for Kindle) 
• https://www.amazon.com/
• Barnes and Noble (New, digital copies for Nook) 
• https://www.barnesandnoble.com/
• Booksale Finder 
• https://www.booksalefinder.com/
• IndieBound (New, Used)
• https://www.indiebound.org/

Writing and Grammar

• CopyBlogger 
• https://www.copyblogger.com/
• Daily Writing Tips 
• https://www.dailywritingtips.com/
• Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips 
• https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
• The Subversive Copy Editor 
• http://www.subversivecopyeditor.com/
• Writing Explained 
• https://writingexplained.org/