How to discover your next favorite book will walk you through the online resources available to readers looking for the next addition to their personal libraries.

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• What should you read next? A pulpy crime novel or a hefty philosophical tome? Something breezy for the beach or a life-altering polemic? If you're overwhelmed by the choices out there and don't know what to read next, the internet can help. There are dozens of free online resources that can help you pinpoint what should go next on your literary agenda. This guide will introduce you to a few of them.

• If you're looking for something to read recreationally and don't know where to start, the internet can help. There are several online resources that will generate reading suggestions for you based on your tastes, interests and previous book purchases.

• Every product page on Amazon includes a "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" section. If you enjoyed one book and are looking for something similar to read, this can be a good place to start.

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• Enter in the title and author of a book you like, and What Should I Read Next? will tell you exactly what it says it will—what you should read next. The site's suggestions are pulled from a database of over 32,000 real readers' suggestions.

• LibraryThing is a social networking and cataloging service for the bookish. The site allows you to list all the books in your personal library and connect with members with similar interests. You can discover new reads by exploring other members' pages or by searching the tags people create to catalog their books.

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• Goodreads is similar to LibraryThing except the emphasis is less on cataloging your library and more on recommending "good reads" to friends and other Goodreads members. Members list, rate and review books as they read them. You can explore other members' profiles for highly-rated books or use the "Explore" option to see which books are popular across the entire system.

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• If you're looking for something a little more off-the-beaten path, you can also find new books through specialty retailers, publishers' sites and authors' personal webpages. The following sites offer a few alternatives to going the Amazon route: