Research Guides: *English Literature*: Book Reviews

Published Collections of Reviews Focused on Single Authors

Critical Heritage Series
Collected reviews of the works of major authors and poets.
Literary Criticism in Perspective
Camden House Press series documenting the critical heritage of major American authors.

New York Review of Books
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A biweekly magazine providing essays on books, the arts, and current issues. This database provides the full text of all articles and reviews published in the NYRB since its inception in 1963. Search by date, author, title, or keyword from the full text.

TLS: The Times Literary Supplement
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Weekly magazine providing full-text reviews of recent publications in multiple disciplines, including literature, philosophy, history, politics, and the arts.

TLS, the Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
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The TLS historical archive provides searchable access to the full text of the Times Literary Supplement from 1902. It includes more than 300,000 reviews, letters, poems, and articles.

London Review of Books
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"Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page."

Book Review Index
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A comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. Covers 1965-present.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
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Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.

Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature
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Limit your search to "reviews" (at the bottom of the main search page).
JSTOR
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Conduct an "Advanced Search" and limit your results to "reviews."
ProQuest Research Library
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Limit your results to "reviews" in "Document Type."
Literature Resource Center
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Limit your search by "Content Type": "Reviews & News."
Nexis Uni
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Formerly LexisNexis, find newspaper and magazine articles, news transcripts, reference works, and legal materials, including Supreme Court cases. Includes the New York Times from 1980-present.

For even more information on finding book reviews, see the Book Review topic guide: