Thursday, July 9, 2009

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A great book can top off a perfect vacation, or it can make even a long commute fly by. Many readers have come to rely on best-selling author Nicholas Sparks for intense tales of romance. His legions of loyal fans devour his stories of faith and fate. Finishing the last novel by a beloved author can feel like losing a friend, but you can quickly locate similar books to fill that void.

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      Search for "readalikes" (sometimes spelled "read-alikes") on your local library website or on book discussion websites like Goodreads.com or Amazon.com. Readalikes are books for those who liked one author and are looking for similar material. Lists of Nicholas Sparks readalikes may name similar authors as well as specific books.

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      Check out your local library. Librarians are still the walking, talking experts on their collections and are especially skilled at helping borrowers find alternatives to the most popular and hard-to-get books. Many libraries offer service online as well as in person and by phone.

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      Visit Amazon.com. Type the title of your favorite Sparks book or his most popular novel, "The Notebook," into Amazon's search box. Be sure to restrict the category search to just books. The resulting page will provide a description of the book at the top and below will provide all sorts of useful information about customers who bought this book. There is a gallery of books purchased by customers who bought this book. Be sure to click the right arrow key to scroll through all the suggested books.

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      Find Nicholas Sparks' own reading recommendations on his personal website, Nicholas Sparks.com. (See link in Resources.) For those seeking books in the style of his own novels, he recommends "Gates of Fire" by Stephen Pressfield for men and "Handyman" by Linda Nichols for women. He also makes suggestions about nonfiction books.


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