What our model uses
Contrary to popular belief, we don't just look at the genre. Our model finds the patterns in the pacing, voice, and mood across your five picks, then finds you the book that's the closest to them.
How the writing moves and plays out.
Even if your five don't share a single genre.
From cozy to unsettling to sweeping to quiet, we find whatever mood continues to show up.
A real, published title, not a fake one that we've made up.
One book that meets your interests
We'll get you one title that we believe is the most similar to your picks, and three more just below in case that one doesn't fit.
It's got the same hard-science curiosity and against-the-odds problem-solving, just told through an alien species instead of a single astronaut, plus three more picks in the same vein.
Common questions
You give it five books you love, and it looks at what they have in common, whether that's the voice, pacing, themes, mood, or anything else, and we'll hand you our best guess for a book that fits, plus three additional options just in case.
In a way, yes. We'll give you the one primary pick that we've vetted and three quick alternates. So, there are a couple more options if you'd like.
Not at all. In fact, a mixed bag can actually work better, since five different books tell us more about you and your preferences.
As you type, it checks a built-in list that includes all sorts of titles so that you can more easily fill things in. Though, the dropdown's entirely optional, so feel free to type your choice in manually if it doesn't automatically appear.
No. Nothing you type is stored, logged, or shared. Every one of our requests starts from scratch. The one exception is a one-way hash we use to count roughly how many distinct visitors use the site — it can't be reversed back to you.
To be completely honest, it won't always fit. Our model, after all, isn't perfect, and five books alone can't always point somewhere obvious, so if one of our picks feels off, swap one of your five for something else you've liked and see if that provides you with something better.