1 post tagged “reader's advisory”
Ever wonder what to read next? Even despite my ever-growing to-read list, I am always on the lookout for more book recommendations. To help me (and others like me) along, I have started to create a list of online reader's advisory resources. Although the list is still in its infancy, I thought that I would start to list some of the links here and then update the list as I find more resources. Feel free to leave comments and suggest your favourite book-related websites, blogs, etc.
Interactive and/or Social Recommendations
- AllReaders.com (http://www.allreaders.com)
This website allows users to search for book reviews by title, author, plot, setting or character. It also allows users to browse by genre or recent reviews. - Gnooks (http://www.gnooks.com/)
- Reader2 (http://reader2.com)
This social website allows users to create lists of their favourite books (or their entire collection) and to search for book recommendations based on other books they have enjoyed, on user-created tags, etc. - Reader 2 Reader (http://www.reader2reader.net/)
- Reader's Robot (http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html)
This website allows users to search for book recommendations by genre, keyword, or "appeal factors" such as book length, writing style, and characterization. - Story Code (http://www.storycode.com)
This website allows users to get recommendations based on books that they have enjoyed. - What Should I Read Next? (http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/books/search)
This social website allows users to get recommendations based on books that they have enjoyed. - Whichbook.net (http://www.whichbook.net)
This website allows users to search for books based on desired style (e.g. funny, conventional, short, etc.), characters, plot, and setting.
Booklists and Reviews
- Book Bitch (http://www.bookbitch.com)
- Book Bytes by Marylaine Block (http://www.marylaine.com/bookbyte/index.html)
- Booklist Center (http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/)
- Genreflecting (http://www.genreflecting.com/)
- Hennepin County Library - If You Like...Fiction (http://www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl/)
- January Magazine (http://www.januarymagazine.com/)
- MCPL - Based on the Book (http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/movies/)
- MGPL Webrary - Reader's Corner (http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html)
- Overbooked (http://www.overbooked.org)
- Waterboro Public Library - Mostly Fiction: Booklists! (http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklista.htm)
Discussion Forums, Lists and Newsletters
- Book Buzz (http://www.randomhouse.ca/readmag/book_buzz.htm)
- ChickLit Forums (http://www.chicklit.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi)
- Dear Reader (http://www.dearreader.com/)
This website allows users to sign up for online bookclubs and be sent (via email) five minute samples of books. - Fiction_L (http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLmenu.html)
Social Cataloguing Applications
- Bibliophil.org (http://www.bibliophil.org/default.php)
- Chain Reading (http://www.chainreading.com/)
- Gurulib (http://www.gurulib.com/)
- LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com/)
- Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com/)
