LibGuides: What to Read Next: Recommended Websites

Book Recommendation Sites

Cozy Mystery List
A guide to cozy mystery books, movies, and TV shows. Organized by themes, holidays, authors A to Z, Mystery Books Awards, and more! Also covers aliases/pen names of authors.
LibraryReads
A monthly list of top fiction and nonfiction books, curated by librarians across the U.S.
Literature Map
Enter an author you like and see a visual map of similar authors.
Romance.io
Find romance books tailored to your preferences. Find similar authors or books to ones you enjoy, or explore by sub-genre, time period, spice level, story element, and more.
Stop, You're Killing Me!
A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. Lists over 5700 authors, with chronological lists of their books.
Talpa Search
An AI-based search tool that helps you to find books by entering a vague description. Find books with covers that are blue, books about rain, etc.
Whichbook
Find books based on mood & emotion, character & plot elements, or by selecting locations on a world map.See trending books and browse book lists such as “weird and unusual books to stretch the imagination” or “laugh your pants off.”

Book Review & Editorial Sites

Book Browse
Suggested read alikes, books by genre, book club reading guides, author interviews, and more.
B&NReads
Editorial section on Barnes & Noble website designed to help you find new books to read by offering suggestions.
Book Riot
The largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
BookPage
A monthly magazine with current book reviews and author interviews. You can also grab a free print copy at the Central Library.
Book Reporter
Thoughtful book reviews, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, contests & more every week.
Common Sense Media
Reviews that make it easier to choose high-quality, age-appropriate, and diverse content for kids at home and in school.
Fantastic Fiction
All fiction genres; Search by author, book title, or series. A great website for finding complete lists of all books in a series or written by an author. Create a free account to receive notifications of new books by your favorite authors.
Kirkus Reviews
An American book review magazine which confers the annual Kirkus Prize to authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
New York Review of Books
The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language. Read it for free in the PressReader app with your Manatee Library Card. See the Library Databases page of this guide for more information.
No Flying No Tights
A review site for graphic novels and comics.

Social Cataloging Sites

Use these sites to log the books you’ve read, see what others recommend, and write your own book reviews. Note that these sites also offer apps for smart phones. Manatee Library's online catalog also allows you to save your reading history and create lists. Ask a librarian how to do this!

Fable
A social app for readers - track your books, view stats on your reading habits, and join or start an online book club. The app is free to use, but it does contain advertisements to purchase eBooks.
Goodreads
Track the books you're reading, have read, and want to read. Read reviews from other users, view author profiles, and see lists of books in series order.
LibraryThing
Free website to catalog your books, movies, and music. Track your books and find new books to read.
The StoryGraph
Track the books you're reading and get personalized reading recommendations. Free to use with a paid premium version for additional features.