Book Recommendations Based Upon Your Favorite....

The website The Portalist recently ran an article called "Sci-Fi and Fantasy Recs Based on Your Favorite Foods and Drinks." As I have mentioned before, these sort of lists are flexible and there are really no right or wrong answers. They have been created based upon a reader's favorite character in a movie or TV show, astrological sign, tarot cards, and more. Publishers often send out lists like this as part of their marketing emails or library newsletters. 

Take advantage of these ideas to market your own backlist and promote those titles that can benefit from the spotlight that a book display can provide. Don't worry about using the same titles that are included in the email or newsletter; instead take the idea and apply it to the titles you have in your physical or digital collection. While the themes can promote creativity and provide an interesting and fun task for staff, the real purpose of a book display is as a marketing tool for the books which are in your collection and not receiving promotional help from publishers, TV/movie adaptations, or other media focus. 

Here are some ideas to get you started but don't feel as if you need to follow any of these precisely. Take The Portalist list and change it to favorite coffee drinks or desserts. 

The book to read based on your favourite Taylor Swift song - from Penguin Random House
What To Read Based on Your Favorite Taylor Swift Era - From Penguin Random House
Taylor Swift Song Titles and Lyrics Pop Up in the Names of These 17 Books - From People Magazine

Read Based on Your Zodiac Sign 2024 - from Pima County Public Library
The Best Books to Read This Year, Based on Your Zodiac Sign - from Readers Digest
Which Mystery Subgenre Should You Read Based on Your Zodiac Sign? - from Murder & Mayhem

What to Read Based on Your Fave TV Show - from Kensington Books
19 new books to read in 2022, based on your favorite TV show - from Business Insider
If You Love This is Us, Read This—And Other Book Recommendations Based on Your Favorite TV Shows - from Parade Magazine

10 YA Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Aesthetics- from Drizzle and Hurricane Books
Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Aesthetics - from Hachette Book Group
The books to read based on your aesthetic - from Libby Life

12 Books To Read Based Off Your Favorite Baked Goods - from Epic Reads
20 Desserts Inspired By Literature - from Books, Baking, and Blogging
Ice Cream Book Recommendations - from Arapahoe Libraries

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