"Outside a dog , a book is a man's best friend, inside a dog it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx

Whether you love reading or you want to read more, there are tons of websites, organisations and resources to help you find the right book for you.

The Whichbook website lists over 20 million different possiblities and will match your individual likes and dislikes to find your perfect read.

For book reviews and teen hit lists take a look at the Scottish Book Trust website. Don't forget to check out the Young Scot e-zine as well for the latest book reviews written by young people.

Libraries have recently published novels, new issues of magazines, CDs, DVDs, recipe books, books in languages other than English and lots more! Your local library will also have details of any visiting authors and any other literary events that they have set up. They may even run a Book Group that you could get involved in.

If you prefer to ponder on a poem, Scottish Poetry also have a huge collection of books to borrow as well as loads of useful information on their website. Go to their reading room for some classic selection of poetry book, podcasts and reviews.

Scottish Book Trust

Sandeman House
Trunks Close
55 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1SR
Tel: 0131 524 0160
Website: www.scottishbooktrust.com
The Scottish Book Trust is Scotland's national agency for reading and writing. They believe in the value of making every child a reading child, every adult a reading adult, and every reader a lover of good books. The Scottish Book Trust has a Library which is open to everyone and free to use.

BooksfromScotland.com

137 Dundee Street
Edinburgh
EH11 1BG
Tel: 0845 241 2779
Website: www.BooksfromScotland.com
BooksfromScotland.com is a new information and bookselling site dedicated to Scottish books and writers. They offer the very latest information, extracts from topical books, interviews with Scottish authors and poets, guides to book events across Scotland, a map of Scottish book locations, the inspiration behind the publishing, and much more. They might be able to help if you need some inspiration on what to read!

Comhairle nan Leabhraichean (Gaelic Books Council)

22 Mansfield Street
Glasgow
G11 5QP
Tel: 0141 337 6211
Website: www.gaelicbooks.org
Comhairle nan Leabhraichean (Gaelic Books Council), is an organisation set up to promote Gaelic books. The Council provides publication grants for publishers to issue new books and commission grants for authors to write them. Contact them to find out info and recommendations about books in Gaelic.

Scottish Braille Press

Craigmillar Park
Edinburgh
EH16 5NB
Tel: 0131 662 4445
Website: www.royalblind.org/scottishbraillepress
The Scottish Braille Press is a leading provider of high quality alternative formats such as braille, large print and audio. They publish and produce a range of magazines and books which are sold to blind subscribers at the price of the original print copy. There are books and magazines on a wide range of topics, including on poetry, fiction, magazines, cookery and music.