Are there any great book recommendation engines/websites out there? [more inside]
posted by ShootTheMoon on Dec 8, 2009 - 6 answers

Recommend some French-language books (or sites) for a intermediate French-learner, to (hopefully enjoy) reading with the aid of a dictionary and bescherelle. [more inside]
posted by Kurichina on Oct 6, 2009 - 16 answers

What are the best books and articles about Security Contractors/Modern Mercenaries/Paramilitary Organizations? [more inside]
posted by 2bucksplus on May 19, 2009 - 7 answers

Are there similar sites such as last.fm and the likes for other media types? I'm thinking sites which can recommend e.g. books and movies based on what I've recently read or watched. I'd prefer non-commercial sites, thus eliminating amazon.com and sites which recommend other titles based on what other users also bought together with a selected book/movie. Thanks.
posted by kissan on Apr 29, 2009 - 9 answers

Books about libraries, and books/essays about the future of them? [more inside]
posted by mrhaydel on Apr 13, 2009 - 13 answers

Can you recommend some books to me similar to the sociology-of-a-subculture style of Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels, Sudhir Venkatesh's Gang Leader for a Day and Bill Buford's Among the Thugs? [more inside]
posted by Ufez Jones on Mar 15, 2009 - 26 answers

Stories of life abroad w/r/t aloneness and the inscrutability of culture. Any recommendations? [more inside]
posted by ecmendenhall on Jan 3, 2009 - 19 answers

I need some new favourite writers! Please recommend some ones that I'll love as much as Mark Kurlansky and Italo Calvino, etc. [more inside]
posted by troika on Nov 17, 2008 - 30 answers

My fiance loves Mervyn Peake. Can you suggest some other authors/books that are similar in style to Gormenghast? [more inside]
posted by supercrayon on Apr 18, 2008 - 16 answers

Need funny, easy-to-finish books, that aren't moronic. STAT. [more inside]
posted by brain cloud on Dec 21, 2007 - 77 answers

Any fans of Peter Handke here? I tripped over his wikipedia entry, and he seems like someone I would enjoy reading. Where should I start? [more inside]
posted by hototogisu on Nov 24, 2006 - 7 answers

Help me find a book for someone who doesn't like to read. [more inside]
posted by christy on Jul 14, 2006 - 46 answers

I am looking for a clear understandable introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico Philosophicus. Is there any particular book or website you can recommend to someone who is not schooled in philosophy?
posted by davar on Mar 24, 2006 - 13 answers

I've just reduced my book queue to a puny six or seven, I'm looking to pile a little something on, and a bookstore just opened within walking distance. I'm in the mood for a good history of the French Revolution. Any recommendations?
posted by furiousthought on Sep 1, 2004 - 4 answers