Use the Similar Titles feature to recommend titles that have something in common—content, tone, style or plot—to the one you are viewing. It’s most useful for making connections between titles that aren’t obvious. For example, you could suggest Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness as a title similar to the movie Apocalypse Now, since the book was used as a source for the movie, and the two share a dark tone.
By suggesting a similar title, you may help other users to discover new works they would enjoy. It’s a chance to use your knowledge and experience to make connections between titles that might not be apparent to the casual browser.
When you suggest a similar title, it will appear on your shelves as a ‘Similar Title’ and will be visible to everyone if the shelf is set to Public. It will not display suggested titles from other users.
To add a similar title to an item on a shelf
- Log in to your account.
- Go to the shelf containing the title.
- Under the title, there is a list of actions you can take beside Add:. Click More
- Click Similar titles.
- In the Similar Titles popup, click the Add link.
- In the Find Similar Titles box, enter the keywords to use to find the item, and then click Search to find it in the catalog.
- Your search results appear in the popup window. If the title you want is displayed, click the +Add next to it.
- If you have multiple similar titles to add, you can continue to search and add from this screen. When you have finished adding related titles, click the X in the popup window to close it.