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book, book, goose!

You can visit bookbookgoose.com, you will see a random book. I can appreciate the randomness. Maybe I should make something similar that searches for books using a random term from the dictionary.

Book Book — Goose!

I like to read. I love bookstores, I like to wander, and to find things that I didn’t know existed. But bookstores don’t have every book that exists. Amazon has most books, but search is a terrible way to discover new things. Amazon’s recommendations most likely maximize purchases, but are a terrible way to find something you didn’t know you were looking for (look at a book like Effective JavaScript, for example, and you get recommendations for Async JavaScriptBuilding Node Applications with MongoDB and BackboneJavaScript Enlightenment). Similarly, top 100 lists are great at showing you popular things that you’re probably more likely to buy, but not very good at helping you find a book with a story or idea that’s unlike anything you’ve read lately.

There must be a better way to explore books.

A random way to explore books would be a good way to start.

Hence, bookbookgoose. Browse randomly. Enjoy!

 Hint: use the ‘n’ key to go forward quickly. I find about .2% of the books are awesome.