Listed: The Best Online Places To Find Books

52 favorite (and perhaps surprising) places to find books and book people

In the eight years that I’ve been talking about books online and on the Book Talk, Etc Podcast, I’ve often been asked where I find books. My answer has usually been “everywhere” or “my list of places is too long to name.” For the first time ever, I’ve put together a list of my favorite places to find books. I’m an avid book researcher and will spend hours scouring almost all of the book websites you’ll find below. The absolute best part of looking for books is knowing there’s still thousands out there waiting to be discovered!

This list is many of my very favorite online book sources, as well as a few other places you all have mentioned in my Friday Thread post. I know I’ve forgotten some, so I will update this post as new book sources come to mind or cross my path. I hope you enjoy browsing and maybe find a book source or two that you haven’t heard of.

Online Sites

• Goodreads

• Read This Twice

• Book Browse

• The Storygraph

• Instagram - #bookstagram is the huge book community there. You can find me at itsbooktalk

• Library Thing

• BookBub

• Book Riot

• Bookreporter.com

• Libby - the home page of my libby library app always has recommendations grouped by genre, authors, new releases, audiobooks, etc. For example, as I type this I’m browsing “killer thrillers,” over 90 titles chosen by librarians

• Netgalley - a place to browse upcoming new releases & receive advanced reader copies to review

• Edelweiss - a place to browse upcoming new releases & receive advanced reader copies to review

• CrimeReads

• Novel Suspects

• Fantastic Fiction

• Bookish First

• Book Girls Guide

• Book List Queen

• The Week

• The Millions

• Literary Hub

  • Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part 1

  • Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part 2

  • What The New York Times Misses, 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

• Publisher’s Weekly

• Kirkus Reviews

• Reddit.com

  • r/suggestmeabook

  • r/booksuggestions

  • r/books

Publisher Websites

*these are the publisher sites and imprints I visit the most

• Penguin Random House

• Hachette

• Simon & Schuster

• Macmillan

• HarperCollins

• Europa Editions

Bookstore Websites - Staff Picks and Shelf Talkers are gold!

*I’m sharing my personal favorite bookstore websites, I know there’s tons more and I’d love for you to share yours in the comments

• Barnes and Noble

• Elliot Bay Books

• Parnassus Books (also on Instagram at parnassus books, Ann’s Friday “if you haven’t read this, it’s new to you video is a favorite of mine)

• Blackwell’s

• Athena Books

• Mysterious Bookshop

• Thunder Road Books

• Libro.fm

• Bookshop.org

• Tertulia

Book Recommendation Sites

*these are a fun way to get personalized book recs

• Whichbook.net

• Gnooks

• What Should I Read Next

Online Magazines/Misc

• New York Times Books - *I pay for a yearly subscription for full access & to share gift links with you!

• Elle

• Vanity Fair

• Buzzfeed Books

• Oprah

• EW.com

• People

• Vulture

• Audiofile

What are YOUR favorite places to find books?

Happy Book Browsing!📚