These top 10 literary and book blogs will help you find your pearl in an ocean of potential reading. With so many excellent books out there, it’s hard to know which ones are the perfect fit for your literary longings. Below you’ll find some of the best and brightest reviewers pounding out original write-ups of some of the most outstanding works available that cover a variety of genres ““ from literary fiction to biographies to poetry to political non-fiction.

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1) Bookslut : http://www.bookslut.com
One of the biggest, wittiest, and most comprehensive lit blogs around. Literary mistress Jessa Crispin and her cohort Michael Schaub keep their web readers abreast of the national book scene with quirky reviews and author interviews, which are updated daily.

2) KGB Bar Lit : http://www.kgbbar.com/lit
The KGB bar, an iconic dive on the Lower East Side, features one of New York City’s most diverse literary reading series. Their blog is a reflection of this exciting literary venue, with reviews and previews by some of the best authors around. Don’t forget to check out their KGB Radio Hour with Mark Jacobson!

3) Light Reading : http://jennydavidson.blogspot.com

The Light Reading book blog is maintained by Jenny Davidson, professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Davidson’s reviews are thoughtful, playful, irreverent, and always substantial. A great resource for information on literary events and author engagements around town.

4) Maud Newton : http://maudnewton.com/blog/index.php

Saucy, intelligent and always entertaining Maud Newton explores culture, politics, books, and whatever else strikes her fancy on this well-trafficked literary venue. In addition to her blogging, Maud has written for the New York Times Book Review, The American Prospect, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Newsweek.

5) The Literary Saloon : http://www.complete-review.com/saloon
The Saloon offers selectively comprehensive and opinionated commentary on literature, literary news, links, musings, and the occasional tirade. Part of the Complete Review.

6) The Millions : http://www.themillionsblog.com
A great resource for top lists of short stories, novels, the most anticipated books of the year, reviews of the best books from previous years, individual book reviews, and “staff picks,” which any good bookworm knows is a true treasure trove of recommendations. The Millions also encourages readers’ questions on anything book related, and will answer them on the site. Check them out on NPR!

7) Papercuts : http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com
Papercuts is a “blog about books” from the editors of the NY Times Book Review. If you like the NYTBR, you’ll like this. Offers book news and opinion, author interviews, and other special features including regular raids on the Review’s archives.

8 ) Peter Stothard / TLS : http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard
Peter Stothard writes this weekly blog of books reviews and literary criticism from the Times Literary Supplement. Sort of like Papercuts, but on the other side of the pond.

9) So Many Books : http://somanybooksblog.com
So many books, so little time, as the saying goes. Subtitled ‘The agony and the ecstasy of a reading life”, this witty and eclectic reading diary from Stephanie Hollmichel provides opinions on and links to all things literary.

10) ReadySteadyBlog : http://www.readysteadybook.com/Blog.aspx
Professional, maverick, serious and smart, Mark Thwaite’s ReadySteadyBlog is one of Britain’s premier literary websites.

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