NoveList is much like Netflix for books. You tell it what you like and it provides customized suggestions for recommended reading.
For example:
To find NoveList, go to our homepage and choose WYLDCat (under important links).
Once WYLDCat opens, choose more under Additional Databases, then scroll down to NoveList (currently in the 9th position).
On the left you will see a quicksearch window. If you have read everything Sue Grafton has written and want to find authors like her, type in "Grafton, Sue."
Choose a title from the results and then click on "Find Similar Titles."
Now you're faced with options. Why do you like Sue Grafton? Is it because she writes about
- Millhone, Kinsey
- Mystery stories, American
- Santa Teresa, California, or
- Women detectives?
Since it is doubtful another author would take the chance of "borrowing" Grafton's main character, you can uncheck Kinsey Millhone from the list. It is only slightly more likely that another author will have chosen Santa Teresa, California as the setting for their story, so let that one go, too.
Now, you are left with American mysteries (versus British mysteries, like Poirot-esque stories) and women detectives. Luckily, there are a lot of writers who bring us women mystery-solvers.
And yes, 1,044 books are pulled from the depths of NoveList as suggestions to keep you busy while Grafton pens her next bestseller, including Susan Wittig Albert, Jane Isenberg and Carolyn G. Hart.
There are a million other ways NoveList can help you find your next favorite, so keep clicking until you find it!
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