From the Goodreads Feedback forum, Anne (2018):
I like Laura Kinsale and Loretta Chase. If I do some digging, I discover that I might like Judith Ivory too, because she is on the similar authors list of both authors. And if I like Judith Ivory, too, I certainly should try Sherry Thomas, because she is on all lists of those three authors
- Install the toolbox
- at the prompt, enter:
$ ./similarauth.pl --help
$ ./similarauth.pl [email protected]
Enter GR password for [email protected]: ****************
Signing in to Goodreads... OK
Loading books from "ALL" may take a while... 108 books
Loading similar authors for 96 authors:
[ 0%] Huhn, Willy #17326001 0 similar 2.56s
[ 1%] Gse, Don Murdoch #8506208 24 similar 2.13s
[ 2%] Foucault, Michel #1260 19 similar 2.41s
[ 3%] Siedersleben, Johannes #1878894 0 similar 1.11s
[ 4%] Mattheck, Claus #1960 0 similar 3.27s
[ 5%] Dillmann, Renate #9835498 0 similar 1.51s
[ 6%] Decker, Peter #361391 0 similar 2.42s
[ 7%] Bockelmann, Eske #6219827 0 similar 2.20s
...
[100%] O'Neill, Ryan "Elfmaster" #15065556 0 similar 2.43s
Done.
Writing authors (N=360) to "./list-out/similarauth-18418712.html"...
Total time: 8 minutesNote:
You can break the process with CTRL-C and continue later without having to re-read all online sources again, as reading from Goodreads.com is very time consuming. The script internally uses a file-cache which is busted after 31 days and saves to /tmp/FileCache/.
- long runtime: Goodreads slows down all requests and we have to load a lot of data
- many authors (in my shelves) have no "similar authors" data on Goodreads
- actual value of this isn't the 'seen' part but just having a long list with similar but yet unknown authors
If you like this project, give it a star on GitHub. Report bugs or suggestions via GitHub or see the AUTHORS.md file.
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