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Originally Posted by kacir
http://www.literature-map.com/
You enter a name of your favorite writer. The server displays a dynamic map or writer names. The more similar their books, the closer the writers are. The writer you have queried is in the middle of the screen. You should see a few names you recognize and you can then discover new authors with similar style / type of books to your favorite authors.
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I've always found this a most peculiar site myself. It is not based on any similarity between authors, but simply on people's likes. If a lot of people like author "A" and author "B", then searching for "A" will display "B" in close proximity. That's not at all the same thing as saying that the two authors are similar in any way, unless one happens to believe that people are not capable of liking different types of book.