How does it work? It's kind of an exciting concept--authors create curated five-book lists on a theme connected to their own book and say something about the five books, their own book, and themselves. The staff at Shepherd.com then get to work and create a page for each list with links for readers to be able to buy each book at either Bookshop.org or Amazon.com.
Readers can browse by Wikipedia topic or favorite book or author, and can also see the latest new lists or go to "shelves" of lists arranged by larger topics like France, Family, or African Americans. As more and more authors create lists, the more different kinds of old and new books readers can discover on the site. Here are some lists that caught my eye:
Mitch Horowitz's Best Books on the extra-physical potentials of the mind (because you know you want to know more about consciousness and ESP, right?)My first list will be appearing early next week! It's called The best novels about creativity, self-discovery, and (re)invention.
Karen J. Hasley's The best Regency books that showcase women who have more on their minds than romance (not that romance is eschewed here)
Stacey Levine's The best fiction that writes against narrative convention (I want to read everything on this list!)
Tamsin Mori's The best middle grade children’s books with wonderful weather magic (isn't this such a cool and unexpected list topic?)
Hussein Fancy's The best books that capture the paradoxes of medieval Spain (because medieval Spain is fascinating, in part because Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived together in peace)
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