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A matchmaking service for readers. 

Readers Advisory is librarian speak for customer service to connect books with patrons.  For example, if you like books by one author, then maybe you'll also enjoy reading books by another author who writes in the same style or uses the same setting or has similar characters.

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  • All The Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Lauren & Karen White
  • The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • The Boys In The Boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
  • The Care and Handling of Roses by Margaret Dilloway
  • The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
  • Delicious by Ruth Teichl
  • The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
  • Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
  • The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  • Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Shaffer
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb
  • House Rules by Jodi Picoult
  • How High The Moon by Sandra Kring
  • Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
  • The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Juliet by Anne Fortier
  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
  • The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow
  • The Little Paris Bookshop by Nin George
  • The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart
  • The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
  • Mozart's Sister by Rita Charbonnier
  • My Stroke Of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
  • Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
  • Paris by Edward Rutherford
  • A Parting Gift by Ben Erickson 
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  • Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
  • Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
  • The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
  • Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova
  • The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Sycamore Road by John Grisham
  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

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