I remember there were multiple such websites before being shared in HN. I bookmarked them, and a couple years later when I finally wanted to find a book, the only thing I got is 404.
I hope this one lives longer.
Pleading guilty
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2249390
I planned to revive it later, but life got in the way
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It would be interesting to see how many times this same project has been done because I feel like I was seeing it at least once a month for years.
The book recommendation aggregation website is so common because it’s one of the few variations of this theme that can be monetized through affiliate links.
None of them last long because the traffic falls to zero basically as soon as it falls off the front page.
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They're all just vibecoded, so whenever you need one just spend an hour doing it yourself I guess
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