is there a web site that tells you the best book to read next?

Question

I found a website once that you put in all your faveroit bands and cd's, then it would play songs that it thought you might like. I was wondering if there is a website that would do that for books (and films for that matter!)

Answer 1

www.whatshouldireadnext.com

www.whichbook.net

Answer 2

I like to go to the forums of my favorite authors--Google (author's name) forum-- and either ask or look around to see what others are recommending to read. I personally like Jeffery Deaver, Dennis Lehane and Lee Child, whom are, in my opinion, the holy trinity of thriller/suspense/mystery writers! I am a avid reader in this genre and have read Coben, King, Koontz, F. Paul Wilson, Michael Connelly, Stewart Woods and many others but none can touch the three I've listed! The Deaver book I'm reading now is The Sleeping Doll--a brand new release and is literally keeping me up at nights!! I'm quite sure you'll love his other thrillers as well, such as The Bone Collector, A Maiden's Grave, The Coffin Dancer, Praying For Rain, Cold Moon, The Twelfth Card, The Vanished Man, Devil's Tear drop et el. For Lehane, start with A Drink Before War (don't let the title fool you) then Darkness Take My Hand, Sacred, Gone, Baby Gone, Prayers For Rain, Shutter Island and Mystic River. For Lee Child, you can start with his first and move forward, but it's OK if you don't. Some personal favs are: One Shot, Trip Wire, Hard Luck and Trouble--a new release, The Persuader-my personal fav, The Hard Way, but they are all page turners! Let me know what you think. Greg

http://www.leechild.com
http://www.jefferydeaver.com
http://www.dennislehanebooks.com

Answer 3

Oh, yes, of course! These days, they've got recommendation engines for everything. Basically, you type in a book (or books, depending on how sophisticated the database is) you liked, and the engine pumps out titles that you might enjoy. Here's a handy little list to keep 'em all straight for you.

http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2006/09/book_recommenda_1.html

A sampling:

http://gnooks.com/ Take a ride with Gnod and find new writers you might like.

http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=books Yes, MySpace has a section for booklovers!

http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ A program still in the works. Browse by genre, fictional character, imaginary place or setting, and subject..

Presently, I rely on http://www.librarything.com => it's like the IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) for books. Info, cover images, summaries, reader remarks, and recommended books based on visitor entries.

But why stop there? There are tons of reading lists to keep even the most voracious of readers occupied, from genre-specific ones (like mystery or romance) to others, like...

http://bookspot.com/listbush.htm => Mr. Bush's summer reading list. (yes, THAT Mr. Bush : )

http://bookspot.com/lists/mostchallengedbooks100.htm => check out the books that people are fighting about, right now. You know, to ban or not to ban.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html => Banned Books Online!

http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/ => What the folks over at TIME Magazine consider the best hundred books of the century.

http://teenlink.nypl.org/MoreBooks.cfm The New York Public Library has a giant section devoted to teen reads, all conveniently organized by such labels as "From Bliss to Breakup," "Latino Roots," "Historical Fiction," among others. Don't miss the NY Books for the Teen Age! http://teenlink.nypl.org/bta1.cfm

http://www.harvard.com/onourshelves/top100.html From the people who work at the Harvard Bookstore in Boston. See what the intellectuals are favoring these days!

Answer 4

Most good websites about books have suggested readings based on what you input as your interests. They'll say something like, "If you enjoyed this book, may we suggest______" Amazon and Barnes & Noble even catagorize their selections so you can see all related works in a certain specialty

Answer 5

you ought to use Adobe GoLive to create web content. i individually like dreamweaver greater effective yet they're comparable products. In GoLive i could advise you commence by capacity of getting to know hardship-loose HTML... then attempt each and all of the flamboyant stuff later. Golive has "snippets" of code which you would be able to drag and drop on your information superhighway website and alter around. play around with this technique and you will study plenty.

Answer 6

That would be great! Amazon recommends books based on your purchases, that's the closest I can think of!

Maybe you should create the site yourself; looks like you have come up with a good idea there!

Answer 7

Amazon.co.uk

once you search fpr type book or buy them or rate them etc they give you personal recommendations!

they do same DVDS adn CDs so kill 3 birds one stone

Answer 8

If you get netflix it does that for your movies. (although somethings they are so off!) I don't know of one for books. I'd like to have one!

Answer 9

www.bookreporter.com-----great site, they review all kinds of books, have contest..I won three books from them last month, and they are all best sellers.

Answer 10

oprah has a book club where she advises good books to read.

Answer 11

http://www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml