[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":332},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-46419822":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":42,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":74,"maker_in_thread":203,"shape":210,"grid":214,"attempts":295,"same_week":296,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":325,"reader_version":326,"card":327},"46419822","Shepherd","See what readers who loved your favorite book\u002Fauthor also loved to read","title","Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book\u002Fauthor also loved to read","https:\u002F\u002Fshepherd.com\u002Fbboy\u002F2025","shepherd.com","bwb",1767009489,2025,134,41,559,3837,15,"notable","consumer_social","book recommendations","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"books like","reading","book discovery","roasted",-0.29,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},1,8,0,9,18,{"pricing":36,"privacy":37,"idea":39,"design":41},{"positive":32,"critical":30},{"positive":32,"critical":38},3,{"positive":30,"critical":40},2,{"positive":32,"critical":38},[30,30,32,30,32,38,32,38,32,32,38,32,30,38,32,32,43,32,32,30,32,30,32,38,32,32,30,32,38,32,38,32,38,32,32,32,30,32,30,32],5,"Hi HN,\n\nEvery year, we ask thousands of readers (and authors) to share their 3 favorite reads of the year.\n\nNow you can enter a book\u002Fauthor you love and see what books readers loved who also loved that book\u002Fauthor.\n\nTry it here:\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fshepherd.com\u002Fbboy\u002F2025\n\nThis goes wide and doesn't try to limit itself to the genre, so you get some interesting results.\n\nWhat do you think?\n\nBackground:\n\nI want better recommendations based on my reading history. 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So, thi",{"problem":46,"audience":56,"pricing":60,"motivation":66,"time_to_build":70,"stack":71,"openness":72,"stage":73,"team_size":72},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Finding book recommendations that go beyond genre and algorithmic ads","maker",[50,52],{"id":51},"post",{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},"46423417","analogpixel","100 Books like Project Hail Mary (https:\u002F\u002Fshepherd.com\u002Fbooks-like\u002Fproject-hail-mary) : - Travels with Charley : With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates…",{"value":57,"source":48,"evidence":58},"Readers looking for book recommendations",[59],{"id":51},{"value":61,"source":48,"evidence":62},"Ads on books-like pages fund the site; maker says they work toward breaking even",[63],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"46424347","We are working toward breaking even on costs while still adding new features. All the money we raise goes toward those costs, which are quite lean. I've worked on this project…",{"value":67,"source":48,"evidence":68},"Maker wants better recommendations based on reading history and is frustrated with existing options",[69],{"id":51},null,[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":75,"objections":88,"requests":135,"questions":170,"alternatives":184},[76],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Good idea; the book twins and overlap feature is useful","commenter",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"46421163","eastoeast","Sweet, looking now to get some recommendations! I'm actually surprised more people don't have my two favorites overlapped more often (Mistborn and Name of the Wind)! Question:…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"46423324","BeetleB","LibraryThing (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.librarything.com\u002Fhome) has a nice feature where you can find people whose books have the strongest overlap as yours. 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