Books, Readers and Beyond: #52 What to Read

1. I first went to NovelList and searched by title for One for the money by Janet Evanovich. I found the entry and went to the read alikes. They recommended:
a. Nancy Bartholomew's mystery series. Start with The miracle strip
b. Sarah Strohmeyer's hairdresser/report/sleuth Bubbles Yablonsky
c. Anthony Bruno's Loretta Kovacs novels starting with Devils food
d. Marne Davis Kellogg's 50+ Lilly Bennett starting with Bad manners
e. Jennifer Crusie starting with Welcome to temptation
I then went to What should I read next? They recommended another series by Evanovich -- Full tilt and Full house. They recommended Bubbles Yablonsky by Strohmeyer. Also Faking it by Jennifer Crusie. Similarities end there. They recommended Sue Grafton, Paul Johnston, Joanne Fluke, Nancy Bush, Sara Paretsky and Sandra Brown.
I then went to Fiction L Booklists. They recommended Jennifer Cruise books and Marne Davis Kellogg books. Their other recommendations did not match NovelList or What should I read next.
This strikes me as subjective. Everyone has different taste. Librarians need to know their customers and collections. Consulting What should I read next and Fiction L Booklists should compliment NovelLists.

2. I used NovelList for the fourth grade girl and her brother. For the fourth grade girl: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo and The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson. For her 13 year old brother: The night tourist by Katherine Marsh and The afterlife by Gary Soto.

3. For the customer who read everything by Dean Koontz: What should I read next? recommends novels by F. Paul Wilson and Stephen White. NovelList recommended: Greg Bear's Darwin's radio and Vitals; Dan Simmons' Summer night; Robert McCammon's Boys life; John Saul's The Manhattan hunt club; Charles Grant's The millenium quartet.

4. Series: Song of the lioness. Author: Tamora Pierce. Titles (there are 4): Alanna the first adventure, In the hand of the goddess, The woman who rides like a man, Lioness rampant. Resources: NovelList and Mid-Continent Public library.