What other book is like this one?

downshifter

I can't seem to find the right place to ask this question so am starting here as it's my home from home at the moment!!! Someone please move it if there's a better forum!

I do a bit of voluntary work including visiting an old lady who is an avid talking book listener. I often collect them from the library for her. Mostly she asks me from the online catalogue what to get but at other times she just says - you know what I like, get something similar. I wondered if there was a website that has this info, so I could put in say an authors name that she has read and liked and ask for another author who does similar stuff. Does this make sense?

I've googled but not found anything that really fits the bill. Thanks

DS

twinkle_star_2

Try librarything.com

You can create a personal library and when you click on the title of a book it comes up with suggestions based on items in other users libraries and tags they have been given. It's fairly huge so you should get lots of suggestions. I use it a fair bit (for cataloguing my personal collection like the uber-geek that I am) and I love it.

downshifter

Thanks twink

Yes I've used librarything too, for work as well as home but haven't been back for a bit. All the tags/networking/hugeness etc got a bit much when all I wanted was a simple online catalogue. I'll revisit.

DS

poorbutrich

There's a reference book in my library called something like "Who writes like..." I just googled it to see if I could find the correct name and author and found this link...

http://www.erl.vic.gov.au/readers/who.htm

sunshinejoclaire

set an amazon account up and list the books she's read as 'I own it' - it will suggest books like it!

downshifter

WOW!!! You're all wonderful, thank you

DS

Chris25

The library may have lists of whose-work-is-similar-to...... Ours often have a theme event and posters and bookmarks tell you that if you like, say, John Grisham then you may enjoy Richard North Patteson etc.

jfennell

Try Lovereading.com. You have to register but you can find authors with similar sytles and download the first chapter of some books.