Ask HN: How do you get recommendations for books that are up your alley?
Basically the title.
Where do you go to find book recommendations that align with your tastes?
Where do you go to find book recommendations that align with your tastes?
In any event, I sometimes use GoodReads. You can go to the page for a representative book and then start browsing the "readers also enjoyed" list.
I also use LibraryThing in a similar way.
The challenge is in acquiring all the book text, meaningful cost to implement, and minimal paths to revenue generation.
For various reasons, the organizations that have the text aren't incentivized to deliver best recs for a user, as tim noted.
lists.borderlands-books.com
Whenever I’m in town I stop in and buy something off their staff picks table.