Reader' Advisory Links
From Luria Library
Don't know what to read next? Here are some links that might help you find your next great book:
- Book Lamp Register for this service which matches readers to books. "BookLamp allows you to find books with a similar level of tone, tense, perspective, action, description, and dialog - while at the same time allowing you to specify details like... half the length."
- Fresh Press books being discussed on radio and television.
- GoodReads Get ideas from other readers by signing up with this service.
- Guys Read Fun site - suggestions for boys and men.
- Library Thing "Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things."
- Readers' Advisory One screen offers movies-turned-into-books, books by age, books by genre, etc.
- StoryCode "StoryCode is a unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read. And its power comes from the collaborative passion of readers."
- What Should I Read Next? Type in what you've just read and see suggestions from 47,000 titles.
- Whichbook A website which lets you select aspects of books you enjoy ("happy" or "violent" or "bleak") and have suggestions made to you
Check our catalog (or the Santa Barbara Public Library for a title which interests you. Use our Interlibrary Loan Form if we do not own the book you wish to read.
Look for books and book reviews on your own
- At this great link called bookrevoogle
