Some fun "what-do-I-read-next" websites
We’re all looking for new authors and titles to read, aren’t we? (I know I am). There are a lot of ways to get this sort of information, but here are two fun ones.
This site is neat. You type in the name of an author you like, and it will return to you a dynamically-generated constellation of authors that are similar to the author you searched for in some way.
Clicking on an author you find will put that author at the center of a new constellation, with different authors surrounding him/her.
You don’t get any information about the authors or their books from this site, but it’s a great way to just get the names of some new authors to try.
This site has a cute interface. You enter in the title of a book you’ve read and the author, and it should give you a list of related books from Amazon and LibraryThing.
There are a few caveats with this site however. Because it’s UK-based, it pulls data from amazon.co.uk (likely from the “Customers who bought this also bought” section). A book that is popular in the US might not be popular in the UK (or even available), so occasionally you’ll come across a book that is popular here in the US that has no results in Book Seer.
This seems to happen more with new-ish non-fiction. But it seems to work great for fiction especially. Here are some searches to try:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It also seems to not be pulling data from LibraryThing at the moment, but I assume that’s a bug that will be worked out.
Have fun!
Posted by Lisa, a second floor librarian
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