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Subject: where to ask a read-alike question?
Date Posted: 7/31/2007 3:12 PM ET
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I don't know what section to put this in. :) I am looking for read-alikes for Jodi Picoult... Where should I ask that? contemporary fiction? I don't know where to find the kind of readers I'm hoping to ask. If it's already been ask, then does anyone know which forum to search?

Thanks. :)

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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 3:16 PM ET
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Go to My Account, Book Lists, Book Recommendations and try FABIL.  It's pretty cool.
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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 3:17 PM ET
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I have tried the FABIL thing and it has not worked for me in this instance. :) I want to hear from actual humans... :) Thanks, though.



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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 3:22 PM ET
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Anita Shreve, Joy Fielding, stilling thinking...

ETA:  Mary Alice Monroe

You can also browse Literature and Fiction, sub-genre Women's Fiction.  The problem with the Literature and Fiction genre is that people seem to dump everything in there so it takes a while to sift through it.  But if you choose a sub-genre, that may help some.  Good luck!



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Try posting to the chick lit board.  I know Jodi Picoult is a bit heavier than chick lit, but a lot of people on that board read her books.  Also, I would recommend Sue Miller or Anne Tyler to you.
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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 4:06 PM ET
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Try the literature map at the following web site:

http://literature-map.com/

Type in the authors first and last  name and you will get a map of similiar authors.

Diane

 
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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 5:08 PM ET
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Wonderful! Thanks for all these ideas. :)

Allie
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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 6:05 PM ET
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Someone posted the site whatshouldireadnext.com a few weeks ago and it might help you!!! It was a great site!!!  I also LOVE Jodi Picoult...she is my FAVORITE author!!!! 
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Another source:  http://www.gnooks.com/
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Date Posted: 7/31/2007 7:32 PM ET
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That site is really cool Charlie!!!



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That is a cool site Charlie thanks.
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Chris Bohjalian is very much like Jodi Picoult.  They are friends, actually LOL.   I like his books as much as hers.
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Thank you, everyone! I love these sites that direct you to what else you might like, I am bookmarking them all...
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I want to second Chris Bohjalian, I actually like his books much better than Picoult's.
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When I saw Jodi speak, some authors she mentioned were Chris Bohjalian, Marge Piercy, Alice Hoffman.  There were probably others but that's what I remember.

Check out Jodi's website too - www.jodipicoult.com for ideas.
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The site is very cool Charlie! Wouldn't it be great if they provided a printable version of the author names? So you could print it out and look up the author's that were suggested. Or, maybe I just too lazy to write them all down!
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On fantasticfiction.com, Jodi Picoult has some books she recommends, not sure if they are in her style, though.

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