Book Recommendations based on read novels?

Spaddel2710 · 07-08-2011, 01:41 PM

I´ve bee wanting to buy a new book for sometime now. And I hope someone here might be able to help. Books I really enjoyed are:
The Harry Potter Books (though I haven´t read them all)
City of Glass, Ashes, fallen angles and bones
the "gone" books
the dead and the gone
this is not a game
there´ve been more but I am looking for something like that.
I enjoyed the social networking part in this is not a game. Are there more books like that out there? Or maybe something by Stephen King or something like the dead and the gone. Hope somebody can help me.
Thanks
Martin

MickeyC · 07-08-2011, 06:36 PM

Martin, have you tried the Literature Map web site (http://www.literature-map.com/)?

You enter an author's name and hit return then a new screen opens with that author in the middle and other authors arrayed around it. The closer an author is to the one you entered, the more like him they are.

Spaddel2710 · 07-10-2011, 01:52 PM

looks like a good site but I kinda was looking for book recommendations not author

A4- · 07-10-2011, 07:12 PM

Probably the best recommendation-site is Amazon.com. There's also goodreads.com, shelfari.com or whatshouldireadnext.com, to name a few.

Elfwreck · 07-10-2011, 07:17 PM

Doctorow's "Little Brother" and "For the Win" both come to mind; both are available as free downloads from his site.

jtdolphins · 07-10-2011, 07:37 PM

I have been reading Artemis Fowl novels. I base this recommendation on the HP mention. The first few have been very good. I like a book that makes me laugh out loud. The world is interesting and the characters are fun. Artemis is almost a secondary character in the first two.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidym

Martin, have you tried the Literature Map web site (http://www.literature-map.com/)?

You enter an author's name and hit return then a new screen opens with that author in the middle and other authors arrayed around it. The closer an author is to the one you entered, the more like him they are.

Very interesting site.

Xanthe · 07-11-2011, 01:30 AM

You might want to check out these two threads, since they are based upon books that the members here have read:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=135136

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=115256

The list that I have there in the 100 Books thread is mainly urban fantasy and mysteries, since that's what I'm into at the moment.

wyndslash · 07-11-2011, 01:43 AM

i prefer goodreads overall. the recommendations I get from Amazon are messed up sometimes

Todd Young · 07-11-2011, 01:54 AM

I've just finished Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It's a Swedish horror novel. One of the strangest books I've read, but I also liked City of Glass, and this one has a vampire twist in it.

07-08-2011, 01:41 PM	#1
Spaddel2710 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Book Recommendations based on read novels? I´ve bee wanting to buy a new book for sometime now. And I hope someone here might be able to help. Books I really enjoyed are: The Harry Potter Books (though I haven´t read them all) City of Glass, Ashes, fallen angles and bones the "gone" books the dead and the gone this is not a game there´ve been more but I am looking for something like that. I enjoyed the social networking part in this is not a game. Are there more books like that out there? Or maybe something by Stephen King or something like the dead and the gone. Hope somebody can help me. Thanks Martin

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Do you ever choose a book to read based on its length?	ficbot	General Discussions	54	05-12-2011 09:22 PM
All Hallow's Read recommendations	pikelet	Reading Recommendations	5	11-04-2010 04:33 AM
Find me some books to read based on what I have recently read (and liked)	rahulm	Reading Recommendations	16	08-11-2010 03:18 PM
What is BEST format to read novels in??	kgn	PocketBook	23	06-08-2010 07:14 AM
Recommendations for Character-driven SF/F Novels?	GoblinWriter	Reading Recommendations	46	02-28-2010 01:09 AM

07-08-2011, 06:36 PM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Martin, have you tried the Literature Map web site (http://www.literature-map.com/)? You enter an author's name and hit return then a new screen opens with that author in the middle and other authors arrayed around it. The closer an author is to the one you entered, the more like him they are.

07-10-2011, 01:52 PM	#3
Spaddel2710 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	looks like a good site but I kinda was looking for book recommendations not author

07-10-2011, 07:12 PM	#4
A4- Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1110 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Netherlands Device: iRex iLiad v2	Probably the best recommendation-site is Amazon.com. There's also goodreads.com, shelfari.com or whatshouldireadnext.com, to name a few.

07-10-2011, 07:17 PM	#5
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Doctorow's "Little Brother" and "For the Win" both come to mind; both are available as free downloads from his site.

07-11-2011, 01:30 AM	#7
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	You might want to check out these two threads, since they are based upon books that the members here have read: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=135136 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=115256 The list that I have there in the 100 Books thread is mainly urban fantasy and mysteries, since that's what I'm into at the moment.

07-11-2011, 01:43 AM	#8
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i prefer goodreads overall. the recommendations I get from Amazon are messed up sometimes

07-11-2011, 01:54 AM	#9
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	I've just finished Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It's a Swedish horror novel. One of the strangest books I've read, but I also liked City of Glass, and this one has a vampire twist in it.

Advert

Advert