Book Recommendations : The Book Explorer

Book Recommendations

There are several ways to use The Book Explorer to get new book recommendations. The best way is to sign up and become a member. After you join you'll be able to add your favorite books or even your entire book collection. Using the ratings you enter for the books you've read you'll get your own personalized book recommendations. It's the only way to get truly personalized recommendations. In addition to receiving new book suggestions, you'll have an online record of what books you've read and be able to add your comments for others to see. Membership is completely free and only takes a moment to get started.

Don't have the time to become a member? Don't worry there are other great ways to get book recommendations. Have a favorite book or author? Simply enter the title or author's name in the search box at the top of each page. Most of our books and authors will lead you to similar recommendations based on what our members have enjoyed reading.

You can also get recommendations based on a particular genre. On the left side of every page there is a listing of general fiction and non-fiction categories. Each category is then broken down further into subcategories. Every genre and subgenre page will list related books ordered by recommendation. The top book in each category will be the one with the highest recommendation.

Just looking for a quick list of books? No problem.

Here are the top recommended fiction and non-fiction books:

Fiction Recommendations:

#	Title	Author	Recommendation
1	The Song of the Lioness Quartet: Alanna: The First Adventure / In the Hand of the Goddess / The Woman Who Rides Like a Man / Lioness Rampant [Box set]	Tamora Pierce
2	Catching Fire	Suzanne Collins
3	The Help	Kathryn Stockett
4	D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths	Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire
5	The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book	Bill Watterson
6	Redeeming Love	Francine Rivers
7	Night Watch	Terry Pratchett
8	Lover Awakened	J.R. Ward
9	The Power of One	Bryce Courtenay
10	Going Postal	Terry Pratchett

Non-Fiction Recommendations:

#	Title	Author	Recommendation
1	Scar Tissue	Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman
2	Roots: The Saga of an American Family	Alex Haley
3	Tao Te Ching	Lao Tzu
4	Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science	Atul Gawande
5	John Adams	David McCullough
6	Black Like Me	John Howard Griffin
7	All Over but the Shoutin'	Rick Bragg
8	Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return	Marjane Satrapi
9	West With the Night	Beryl Markham
10	Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland	James St. James

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