Internet resources for book searches

GENERAL SITES

TO FIND MORE OF THE TYPES OF BOOKS YOU LIKE, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE: Allreaders.com has a search-able database that breaks down reviews and recommendations not just by category but by the amount of violence, style, setting, etc. It lets you enter the kind of book you're looking for and pulls up recommendations.

whatshouldireadnext.com/search

fantasticfiction.co.uk--lists book awards and their winners, descriptions of over 250,000 books.

MYSTERY SITES

www.stopyourekillingme.com

--The least dark type of mystery is a cozy (definition from Cluelass.com): -- A "traditional" mystery whose best-known practitioner is Agatha Christie. Common elements include: a domestic setting such as a country house or quiet neighborhood; a limited roster of suspects--most known to each other; little or no description of violence or sex; a mildly romantic subplot; and an amateur sleuth or eccentric professional.

FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF COZIES, MANY OF WHICH ARE EXCELLENT, go to Cozy-Mystery.com

FOR WELL-WRITTEN "SAFE" BOOKS SEE AGATHA-AWARD WINNERS (not necessarily cozies, but mysteries which are not violent, do not contain explicit sex, etc.), go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Award