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Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2014, 08:53 PM Feb 2014

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I have been trying to find a way to find new authors who I might enjoy reading. There are a lot of sites that say they do this, but seem to come up short when I play around with them. One site, when I entered Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle", gave me a list that included Abby Hoffman's "Steal This Book"....which I read in my youth but do not see any comparison.

But this site looks promising:

http://www.lititzlibrary.org/lititz/lib/lititz/pdfs/author_readalikes.pdf

Simple and easy to check out.

Any other suggestions?

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If you like......, try....... [View all] Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 OP

Try this one ... Scuba Feb 2014 #1

That is an interesting site, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #2

Here's another, perhaps it will better fit your needs ... Scuba Feb 2014 #3

You are right, that fits my needs..... Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #6

That is quite amazing. SheilaT Mar 2014 #9

I love the map getting old in mke Mar 2014 #17

You're welcome. Anything for a member of Wisconsin Local 1848! Scuba Mar 2014 #18

Wow TuxedoKat Mar 2014 #20

Great sites. Thanks for both! CrispyQ Mar 2014 #22

I imagine it depends on the genre you're into. scarletwoman Feb 2014 #5

Well, I guess that I wanted to expand a little. Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #7

Yeah, Kingsolver is sort of a genre by herself. scarletwoman Feb 2014 #8

I have long wandered library shelves just pulling out books at random. SheilaT Mar 2014 #10

I do that sometimes too. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #11

I've found some wonderful books that way..... llmart Mar 2014 #16

Yesterday I was looking through the titles & saw the library had five copies of CrispyQ Mar 2014 #21

I LOVE that site! I've found many, many wonderful authors by browsing there. scarletwoman Feb 2014 #4

I use Worried senior Mar 2014 #19

Have you read the Douglas Preston books? Enthusiast Mar 2014 #12

Well, that is a new one on me. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #13

I would read the first one....first. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #14

Thanks. It is on my list. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #15