Book Recommender Systems

Resources in this category:

All Consuming
http://www.allconsuming.net/

All Consuming lets you build an online catalog of your favorite books, movies, music, and more; share your opinions about these books, films, songs, and other media; than get suggestions from others as to what you should "read, watch, or eat" next.

Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides
http://www.bibliomania.com/

Free e-texts of world's greatest literature, including fiction, poetry, drama, and limited non-fiction and reference sources. Includes study guides for students and teachers and bulletin board for posting opinions and queries.

Gnod
http://www.gnod.net/

Find new authors, music, movies, or people based on what you know you like. Creates weblike maps for your favorite bands, with the names closest to the center providing the best match. Also creates maps for books and movies.

LibraryThing BookSuggester
http://www.librarything.com/about

LibraryThing allows people to register for free and catalog their books using simple tags. The BookSuggester lets visitors enter a book they like and find similar books based on how others have tagged these books.

Littera Scripta - Antiquarian, Used & Rare Books on the Internet: A Reader's Guide
http://www.litterascripta.com/

A guide to antiquarian, used, and rare books. There are how-to-tips for finding, cleaning, and shipping books. Links lead to email lists, newsgroups, webrings, and literary awards for booklovers, and more.

Love to Read: Finding Books & Book Clubs
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48523

This IPL pathfinder is designed for people who love to read. The focus is primarily on fiction, although many of the sources are also useful for finding nonfiction and other genres. Both print and Internet sources are included.

The Reader's Robot - A Reader's Advisory Service
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/rr.html

Employs a version of famous librarian Nancy Pearl's "Appeals" and "Subjects" characteristics in its reader's advisory system. Readers can read and submit reviews of books with short (one-two sentence) descriptions of the plot and assigned "Categories", a mix of genre terms and other phrases to describe a book.