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BookSelects - Book recommendations from experts tailored to your interests

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Get book recommendations from the most successful people, tailored to your interests. Whether it’s fiction by top authors or business books from leading entrepreneurs — you name it! Thousands of book recommendations, available through an intuitive interface.

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Blake
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🖐️ Hi, I’m Blake, and I started Bookselects because I love reading, I love lists, and I love reading lists. 📚📋 In short, Bookselects is a directory where you can find book recommendations from the most notable people across different fields, and filter results to match your interests. The internet is full of places to find book recommendations, but there wasn’t a place where you could explore recommendations by the most successful people in different fields, all within a clean and intuitive interface, with smart filtering tailored to your interests. ✨ Bookselects makes it easy to find, for example, “The most recommended fiction books by authors” or “The most recommended investing books by venture capitalists.” You can even combine different categories — it’s all up to you. Hope you enjoy and find your next read quickly! 📖 Next planned steps: • Adding more people and recommendations (Of course! Who are we missing? 🤔) • Implementing more complex filtering features. • Building a community of contributors. • Upvote system — so we can open it up for everyone to create their own lists, but still give more weight to the most upvoted people (We all know that, in general, Bill Gates’ recommendations are worth more than mine or yours!). • Adding more data to the book and people pages (What are we missing?). • AI to understand your interests/goals and the way you think, to give you the perfect next read based on recommendations by people similar to you. • Blogging.
Hatem Soliman
@blak3 Btw, I'm not sure, but I think I might have found a minor bug on your site. when pressing any of the categories in the sections below of the main page, a carousel with "No item found" slides appears instead of the actual content
Blake
Maker
@hatem_soliman Thanks for pointing that out, Hatem! 🙏 I actually just made a minor fix to address that issue, but I’ll definitely take a deeper look to ensure everything is working smoothly. Really appreciate you letting me know! If you notice anything else, feel free to share—it helps a lot!
Michael Pierce
Cool, congrats on the launch! Just a random idea, but it would be cool if I could import my Goodreads list for both books and people I follow to inform my discovery recommendations.
Blake
Maker
@michaelrpierce Hey Michael! I know GR let you export your book lists, I will take a look at how we can use it to bring better tailored recommendations. Thanks for your suggestion!
Yadia
@michaelrpierce, I second @blak3 's comment. It would be nice to be able to import my Goodreads and have tailored recommendations either based on the book topics or followed authors.
Luna Yeager
This idea is fantastic; finally, someone has made it happen. I can check other people's reading lists and reviews to determine if I’m interested in a book. It would be a perfect combination of a recommendation system and a discussion community!
Hitha shree
i really want you to recommend me some of the mystery, thriller and horror books
Blake
Maker
@hitha_shree1 Great genres, Hitha! With BookSelects, you’ll love how easy it is to filter recommendations from top experts across mystery, thriller, and horror. You can even combine categories to find unique books that match your exact taste! Do you have a favorite author or type of mystery you’re into—classic whodunits or modern psychological twists? Let me know, and I can help you discover something new!
Kensen
looks great, I think you can go a step further and use AI to generate new books that reflect user interests. There may be fewer people who directly read original books now. Using AI to summarize books and generate new books should be the future direction.
Blake
Maker
@memfree Thanks for the suggestion, Kensen! AI integration is definitely a future direction we’re excited about. Summarizing books based on user interests is something we’ve considered to enhance personalized recommendations. As for generating new book recommendations with AI, that's a fascinating idea! While BookSelects is currently focused on human-curated recommendations from notable figures, expanding into AI-driven recommendations generation based on similar human recommendation could open new possibilities. What types of books would you imagine AI crafting—more fiction, non-fiction, or something else entirely? I’d love to hear your thoughts on how this could evolve!
Jordan Hughes
This site is legit a 1:1 copy of a project I built and sold a few years ago, goodbooks.io. You even scraped the same data and people. 🤡
Blake
Maker
@jordan__hughes Congrats on building and selling *goodbooks.io*, Jordan! That’s awesome. However, there are countless book recommendation websites with similar features and content, as most of it is public. I could name 10 sites that all share these elements. What sets BookSelects apart is the advanced filtering and ordering of recommendations based on people categories, which none of the other sites, including *goodbooks.io*, offer. Calling public content a copy seems more like an attempt to downplay a platform that aims to bring something new to the table.
Hatem Soliman
congratulations on your launch, Blake! This project looks promising and I'm already invested in it, simply because the first thing that caught my eyes is the landing page and design; kudos for that.
Blake
Maker
@hatem_soliman Appreciate the love, Hatem! 🎉 The landing page design was a major focus, and I’m thrilled it stood out. What kind of recommendations are you most excited to dive into on BookSelects?
Star Boat
The filtering options make it super easy to discover books that align with my interests. Great job, @blak3! Can't wait to see how this evolves! 🙌✨
Blake
Maker
@star_boat Thanks a lot, Star! 🙏 We’re excited to keep evolving BookSelects! Any specific filters or interests you think would add more value? I’d love to hear your thoughts as we plan future updates!
Amanda Domingos
Great work! I will bookmark this to help me find my next reading
Blake
Maker
@amanda_domingos Thanks so much, Amanda! 😊 I'm glad you're bookmarking BookSelects for your future reads! You’ll find even more recommendations as we continue to grow the platform—any particular genres or types of books you’re currently exploring?
Narcis Mirandes
Are you aware that your site has problems with Safari?
Blake
Maker
@narcismirandes Thanks for bringing that up, Narcis! I wasn’t aware of any issues with Safari, but I’ll definitely look into it. Could you let me know if there’s a specific feature or part of the site that’s not working as expected? That’ll help me pinpoint the problem faster and get it fixed. Thanks again for flagging it!
Narcis Mirandes
@blak3: I cannot see the imgs in Safari. I am now in an old Mac macOS 10.15.7. It works well with Chrome, Firefox and Brave
Michael Anthony Roberts
This looks like a super useful tool! Haven't fully explored it yet, but I can already see its potential. Being able to find book recommendations from experts across various fields sounds awesome. Excited to see what's next. Congrats!
Blake
Maker
@michaelanthonyroberts Thanks, Michael! I’m glad you see the potential in BookSelects! 😊 Being able to find book recommendations across different fields was one of the core goals, and we’re just getting started. There’s a lot more in the pipeline, including community features and more refined filtering options. What kind of recommendations are you most interested in exploring? Your input could help shape future updates!
Salar Davari
This is what I've been looking for. Should come back and share my view.
Blake
Maker
@salar__davari Thanks, Salar! I’m really glad to hear that! I’d love to hear your thoughts when you come back—feel free to share what stood out to you or any suggestions you might have. Your feedback is always appreciated as we continue to improve! 😊
Toshit Garg
Congratulations on launching BookSelects....
Blake
Maker
@toshit_garg Thanks so much, Toshit! I really appreciate the support! 😊 BookSelects is just getting started, and there’s a lot more exciting features in the works.
Amelia Hart
I encountered a minor issue while trying to filter by categories. it seems a bit slow at times.
Brody Clarke
The clean and intuitive interface. It makes browsing for books so enjoyable
Nicholas Cheng
Fantastic work, BookSelects! Providing personalized book recommendations from experts tailored to individual interests is a wonderful way to foster a love for reading. With insights from top authors and successful entrepreneurs, users can discover thousands of titles that resonate with them, all through an intuitive interface. To further enrich the experience, consider adding features like reading challenges or community discussions around selected books. Keep inspiring readers with curated selections!