The Fiction-L discussion list came up with these social networking sites that are useful for readers advisory — which means for finding books that might interest you, and for sharing books and the enjoyment of reading them with others.
Social LIbraries
aNobii (from Latin for ‘bookworm’): List books, share thoughts, meet People. Links to Amazon details and wish list.
Book Jetty: Connects you with your friends’ bookshelves, helps you find book reviews, and checks availability of books in libraries.
Goodreads: Keeps track of what you’ve read and what your friends are reading. Also on Facebook.
Library Thing: You can create a library-quality catalog of your books and connect with people who read the same things.
Shelfari Allows you to share what is on your bookshelf with others and discover new books. Also on Facebook.
What’s On My Bookshelf: A book trading community that lets members exchange books using a simple point system. Users also maintain profile pages with friends, book inventory, and wishlists.
Books I Read A Facebook application for readers. Post your current and favourite reads, see what your friends have read, and get recommendations. (Must register with Facebook.)
Book Blogs and Wikis
Book Blogs: ‘Our members read books, blog books, write books, and publicize books.’
eBooklists: A wiki being constructed by librarians who were in graduate school together at Indiana University.
I Read Wiki: A collaborative website by Iowa librarians of reading suggestions.
Read Me. User editable wiki of book suggestions and queries.
A Movable Book Group
Book Glutton A virtual bookgroup where participants can chat about each book chapter by chapter, and comment on each paragraph.
Book Movement: Offers book clubs a way to recommend books to each other, nationally (U.S.). Currently serving more than 15,000 book groups.
Books Well Read: A free online book journal that lets you process what you read by capturing your thoughts in writing. Journal entries can be private or shared with others.
Reader2Reader: A UK network that allows readers to discover and suggest books to each other, share reading experiences, and do author/title searches.
Revish: Keep and share a list of books you’re reading, write reviews of books, find recommendations from other readers.
weRead: A community for book lovers. Find others who share your reading tastes and through them discover new books.
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