Wanting to find a new author?

[hermetic]

Go to this fun site and type in the name of an author you enjoy and you'll get lots of suggestions. https://www.literature-map.com

[Irish_Dem]

1. This is really neat.

[intrepidity]

2. Cool, thanks nt

[rzemanfl]

3. Bookmarking for later. Thanks. n/t

[Harker]

4. Thanks.

Having typed in Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, aside from several other Japanese writers, Robert Ruark showed up.

Now I'm curious.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. The most interesting part is the way the names move around

and how long they keep moving.

[hermetic]

6. Right?

Contemplating how they even do that just boggles the mind.

[Bayard]

7. Interesting...

Typed in, Dr. Seuss, and some suggestions were Tim Burton and Hunter S. Thompson.

[SeattleVet]

8. Great site! Thanks!

Next step in the process would be to be able to enter multiple authors for even further refinement of their suggestions.

Just typed in "Donald Trump" and some other suggestions were Adolph Hitler and Vladimir Putin, along with Germaine Greer, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton!!!

[The King of Prussia]

9. Ooh that's good

I have decided to add Laura Lippman to my wanted list

[The King of Prussia]

10. And for music lovers

moving round that site reveals this:

https://www.music-map.com

similarly great fun!

[hermetic]

11. Oh, that IS fun!

Good find.