My Top Ten Favourite Bookish Websites

Top Ten Tuesday is an awesome meme previously hosted by the lovely folks @ The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is top ten:

My Top Ten Favourite Bookish Websites

I thought long and hard about this topic and decided I wasn’t going to list my favourite book blogs (because I would be here all day!) so instead I’m focusing on my favourite bookish websites. I follow so many blogs it would be really hard trying to narrow it down to only ten and I would feel super-bad about leaving anyone off the list.

Bear with me because I’m not feeling at my best today. I had to phone in sick from work and I’m sitting here in my PJs curled up round my laptop (feeling more than a bit sorry for myself!) Here are my top ten favourite bookish websites (click on each image for a link to the site):

1. Goodreads

I wouldn’t have found the bookish community if not for Goodreads. Although I don’t spent a huge amount of time over there anymore, I do still use it to catalogue my books and keep up to date on any bookish news.

2. LibraryThing

This is another cataloguing site, similar to Goodreads but not quite as successful. I still like it rather a lot though. I don’t really use it to keep track of my books but it is a great resource for tracking down hard-to-find titles. The community is pretty great too.

3. Bookstagram

This isn’t a bookish website but it is a great source of inspiration for me. I love seeing everyone’s photos and the community element is pretty darn great. I’m including it because apart from my blog, it is definitely the place I spend most time on.

4. Thrift Books

I love collecting vintage books so Thrift Books is a godsend for me! Such a huge selection of titles; I could literally spend hours on there. I enjoy reading the reviews too.

5. Epic Reads

When I first started out in the book blogging community; Epic Reads was one of the bookish sites I was on every day. There was just so much bookish news and entertainment to be had. I’m not on as often now but I still visit frequently and I am still a subscriber.

6. Forever Young Adult

Forever Young Adult is a reviewing site but it is also a community and it has a lot of contributors and guest contributors. The reviews are fun, there is a book club and even a store with bookish related merchandise. I like this site a lot.

7. Etsy

Oh Etsy, let me count the ways I love thee… Seriously, I spend an inordinate amount of time on Etsy. Although not strictly a bookish website, there is still a tonne of bookish merchandise to be found on Etsy. Nearly all of my favourite small businesses are on Etsy and I spend the vast majority of my wages (and time!) on here.

8. Fantasy Cafe

A reviewing site that focuses primarily on fantasy and science fictions books; Fantasy Cafe has news and articles about speculative fiction and also has various writers popping in here and there with guest posts/reviews. It’s a great little site for science fiction and fantasy lovers like myself.

9. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

I’m not a huge lover of romance as a genre but I do love this site. It’s sharp, funny, blunt almost to the point of rudeness (in a good way!) and just a lot of fun all around. It has a community, podcast, and related shop too.

10. The Book Smugglers

It was through reading The Book Smugglers reviews that I first thought of starting my own blog, believe it or not. This site started out as a review blog but it has since become an independent publishing house. I have always really enjoyed visiting and can spend hours on here. One of my favourite bookish websites.

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