Book Hunters

Book Hunters: Your Personal Reading Consultants

The Harris County Public Library's Book Hunters is a FREE service that matches readers with books they love. Specially trained Book Hunters create custom, curated reading lists for you based on the information you provide about what you like (and don't like) to read.

  • Fill in as much of the reader profile as you wish.
  • The more information you provide, the more likely we can suggest books that fit your tastes.
  • Leave areas blank when you have no preference.
  • Librarians at the Harris County Public Library will use your answers to create a customized reading list for you.
  • We will get back to you within one week with your list.
  • Information will be kept completely confidential between the customer and the book hunter.

If you are new to Book Hunters, click GET STARTED to create your reader profile. If you’re a returning customer, click BACK FOR MORE.

Book Hunters! Your Personal Reading Consultants

“A Reader for Every Book, A Book for Every Reader” The Harris County Public Library is happy to provide our community of readers with a new and exciting service to match readers with books. Fill in as much of this reader profile as you wish. The more information you provide, the more likely it is that we can suggest books you will like. Leave areas blank when you have no preference. Librarians at the Harris County Public Library will use your answers to create a customized reading list for you. We will get back to you within two weeks with your list. Information will be kept in strict confidence between the customer and library staff. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. If you have already used our service, and want another set of suggestions, use our follow-up form.

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Reader's Name*
Email*
Have you used this service before?
e.g. something like The Hobbit or nice romances about private detectives or really scary books with vampires or Nora Roberts
e.g. find more like these
e.g. don't include books like these
What format(s) are you interested in?
Please choose up to three
What FICTION are you interested in reading right now
Please choose up to three
What NONFICTION are you interested in reading right now
Please choose up to three
I want books for
Your list will contain tiles from the categories you select.
Language
Would you allow HCPL to publish your Book Hunters List on our website? We will remove all identifying information.*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

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Followup: Book Hunters

“A Reader for Every Book, A Book for Every Reader”

We are happy to come up with additional reading ideas for readers who have already used our Book Hunters service. We'll use the combination of this form and your original form in designing further reading suggestions. You will receive a response within approximately two weeks. If you have any questions, or want to follow-up with us, please feel free to contact us. If you have not used this service before, please complete the original form instead of this one.

Contact Information

If your tastes have changed significantly since your original request, or if you did not receive book suggestions which fit your tastes through your first request, we recommend that you submit the original form again.
Name
Do you want another list?

REACTIONS TO PAST SUGGESTIONS

Letting us know what you liked or didn't like from the list we sent you helps us offer you better follow-up suggestions.
Please list authors or books from your earlier set of suggestions that you particularly enjoyed. Provide comment on the books if you would like.
Please list authors or books from your earlier set of suggestions that you did NOT enjoy. Comment if you would like.

MORE ABOUT YOUR READING TASTES

Favorite authors or books I might not have shared on my first form include:
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