A large list of esoteric literature and art blogs & portfolios.

An online journal and not-for-profit project exploring curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

founded in 1933, book reviews of both established and indie writers, annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.

Curating the web’s best long‑form journalism and personal essays, deeply researched news stories, biographical features, historical retrospectives, and book excerpts.

A leading literary blog, reviews, essays, and interviews, as well as our biannual Great Book Previews and annual Year in Reading series.

Provides access to a vast digital library containing academic journals, books, and various primary source materials for research and study.

The pioneering digital library of over 60,000 free e-texts—ranging from classic literature to foundational historical and philosophical works—available in multiple formats for research and study.

Provides a digital collection of scholarly journals and books from university presses and other academic publishers.

A comprehensive digital library providing access to a vast collection of ancient Greek and Latin texts, alongside their translations and scholarly resources. It offers advanced tools for deep reading, research, and analysis of classical literature and related studies.

Provides a vast collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. It covers a wide range of historical periods and subjects, offering primary source materials.

Aggregates digitized collections from U.S. libraries, archives, and museums—offering thousands of primary sources, images, and manuscripts for humanities research.

Europe’s digital platform bringing together cultural heritage objects—books, artworks, audiovisual materials—from institutions across the continent, all freely searchable and viewable.

A partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collaborative repository of millions of digitized titles—books, journals, government documents—for full-text searching and preservation.

Publishes articles and content on a variety of subjects, functioning as a general interest publication.

One blog turned a public research library and cabinet of curiosities; a series of exhibitions, books, films. and public events and for a time a stand-alone museum. Explores the intersections of art, medicine, death, and culture through a variety of programs including lectures, exhibitions, classes, and films. It also maintains a dedicated library for research.

An annual competition that evaluates and compares the year's best novels.

Iconic publication covering American life, culture, and history, famed for cover artist Norman Rockwell and publishing works from Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe, J.D. Salinger, and Kurt Vonnegut and continues to publish modern writers.

library technologist, Jessamyn West's, blog, dating back to 1999 with recommended reading and perspectives as a library media specailist

Offers digitized, high-resolution scans of rare and first-edition books. It provides access to a collection of significant historical and literary works.

Provides a comprehensive index and search capabilities for a 165,000 eBooks. It serves as a guide to online texts, organizing them by keyword, author, title, subject, and publisher.