Librarything

If you like books you might want to take a look at Librarything.com. At its heart it's a site that lets you catalogue your books. It makes this easy,  just enter the title of ISBN and your book is added, along with cover art and other details including tags which allow the books to be grouped in numerous ways. 

Whilst it's unexpectedly pleasing to create the catalogue, its the connections this provides that make the site interesting. The site has over six hundred thousand members and a catalogue of 35 million books, so there is an undoubted fascination in finding books that you own uniquely, or better still share with only one other member. Alternatively lists of libraries that best match yours are the start points for delving into the catalogues of fellow members. These are but one source of suggestions for new books that you might want to read. Elsewhere books are rated in terms of how likely they are to appeal to your tastes. 

A favourite feature is Zeitgeist which provides a host of fascinating perspectives on the most popular books and authors. There's also the opportunity to create or join a wide range of forums which each pursue lines of boo related interest.

If you'd like to try it, you can catalogue up to 200 books and access all of the site's features at no cost at all. If your library grows beyond 200 titles, there is a fee, but if you've decided you like the site, the fees are very reasonable.

www.librarything.com