4+ Websites For Every Book Lover should Know
Whether you love to read or are bored and want to browse websites looking for something nice to read ,I have this short list for you. As an avid reader and a thorough book lover I look for new book to read and review most of the times on the internet. Today I thought to share a few websites that I think book lovers will enjoy. these websites are not only fun to browse but are really useful.( you may know some of them though).Lets get started 😊
1.Goodreads
This website is the most obvious one. Many of you must know this but I thought to mention it .Goodreads is my go to site to read reviews and often synopsis of the books and get recommendations too. Goodreads along with the feature to share your views on the books also provide various features .You can keep track of number of books you read ,wanna read or are currently reading. Book lovers can also join various book clubs and have discussions, enter giveaways and follow your favourite authors and see their currents reads and reviews(if they review a book).
2.Whichbooknext
This site provides reading recommendations for you. It recommends you books based upon moods and emotions .There is also a feature of world map recommendation where you can select any country shown on the globe and get reading recommendations related to that country. This site also recommends you books based upon certain characters and plot. You need to select from the options provided and voila you have a fabulous list of recommendations.
This site is an online platform which share book covers archive along with their designers. The archive can be searched according to author, designers, publisher, illustrator , photographer and many more such taxonomies. You can get a close up look about these by clicking on a cover and then get to see more book covers from the same designer, photographer and illustrator .The nice thing that the covers are in sorted order.
6.AddAll.com
3.ReadThisTwice
Read this twice is also a website that provides you book recommendations but with a twist. These recommendations are from people you look up to. The recommendations are authentic and they also contain a side quote or post from your ideal .Well. this is helpful as it also provides your ideal's view regarding the said book. Apart from this you can also find reading lists which are compiled according to certain categories.
4.NetGalley
Net galley is an efficient websites helpful to readers, writers and publishers. Over here you can search for a book based on author name, publisher name or book name which is yet to be published and request for a ARC ( Advanced Reader Copy).The thing is you receive and ARC of the book in return of a honest review that will be provided by you. This review is greatly helpful to the publishers and authors and helps in marketing of the books. Well, reads don't need to worry about this, we get to read books before they are published and that's a nice thing …right?
5.TheBookCoverArcheive
This site is an online platform which share book covers archive along with their designers. The archive can be searched according to author, designers, publisher, illustrator , photographer and many more such taxonomies. You can get a close up look about these by clicking on a cover and then get to see more book covers from the same designer, photographer and illustrator .The nice thing that the covers are in sorted order.
6.AddAll.com
this website helps you to search books ,book stores and compare their prices. It helps you to buy books at a cheaper price. You can find used and new books here. the books can be purchased from various stores across the United States of America and can be shipped to various parts of the world. To be honest, I have never tried buying from this site but thought it might help some of you.
7.Wattpad
Last but not the least we have Wattpad. Wattpad is a legal website that provides you with books and various stories to read. This platform is a treat for readers and for budding writers too. You can write and publish your story on this website in a few easy simple steps. Writers sometimes get paid too if their stories enter the paid section where readers have to pay to get access to the chapters.
So, this was my short list about some websites. Have you tried these before or do you know about some other amazing such websites? Tell me in the comments below.
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