# rating and recommendation site for books?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-and-recommendation-site-for-books/341663 "2006-01-26T04:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Serket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Serket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serket)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-and-recommendation-site-for-books/341663/1 "2006-01-26T04:50:12Z")

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Is there a rating and recommendation site for books, similar to Netflix or Yahoo for movies?

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-and-recommendation-site-for-books/341663/2 "2006-01-26T05:00:46Z")

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Some folks like [Book Slut](http://bookslut.com). I’m partial to the reviews at [The Guardian](http://books.guardian.co.uk/).

Are you looking for a non-commercial site that lists titles, authors, genres, etc. with links to reviews and samples? Me too. That’d be great.

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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-and-recommendation-site-for-books/341663/3 "2006-01-26T16:19:47Z")

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I thnik Amazon’s rating system is the most comprehensive you could hope for. Millions of readers have written reviews on some of the most obscure books out there and if you follow the “other books purchased” links, you can get some pretty good recommendations.