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Finding a Book When Yous've Forgotten Its Title

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Check out selected results from NYPL Title Quest 2019, held August 2, 2019, as well equally Championship Quest 2018.

This is an update of a previous post past Sharon Rickson.

It tin be tough to remember the title and author of a book y'all read a long time ago—even if information technology was a volume that was really of import to y'all. Fiction is cataloged by author and championship, not past subject or plot line, which makes identifying books by but their storyline difficult.

Readers oftentimes ask librarians for help finding these kinds of books. And we can't figure out the mystery every single time, but we practice take a few tricks to assist detect the reply.

First, pin downwards everything you tin recall nigh the book, plot, grapheme names, time menses in which the book may have been published, genre, etc. All these details are clues in identifying the title and author of the book.

Online resource can help with your search for a half-remembered volume, even if all you lot accept is a bones plot line. Searching yourself is a good place to start; then, you can post to a listserv or discussion forum, where someone might recognize it. Or, last just not least, leave a comment on this mail!

Before Yous Start

Try Google! Type in everything you tin remember well-nigh the book — as in, "picture book rabbi animals communication yiddish" — and scroll through the results. (That's a existent-life example of a book a patron was asking for: It Could E'er Be Worse by Margot Zemach.)

You can also endeavor googling 1 key detail y'all recall from a book. One of our librarians solved a book mystery past searching "USS You lot-Know-Who" — the name of a boat in the story that the patron happened to remember. (Another real-life example: She Flew No Flags by Joan Manley.)

Crowdsourcing

• What'due south the Name of That Book?
  A Goodreads group with searchable discussion posts and thousands of questions and answers.

• Name That Book
  A LibraryThing group of ~3K members — many of whom are librarians or library-adjacent — who assist solve volume mysteries via threaded discussions.

• The Fiction_L listserv
  Stumpers! Search archives of past questions, answered by an intense volume-ish customs, or subscribe and mail service a new one.

• Reddit'south whatsthatbook thread
  A about countless thread of users trying to aid other users remember volume titles, including several frequently requested books. Especially good for science fiction and fantasy.

• "Stump the Bookseller" web log
  A absurd indie bookstore in Ohio that maintains all-encompassing, searchable archives — and offers a $4 service for personalized assistance. Lots of children'southward books here.

• Large Volume Search
  If you tin can but think what the comprehend looks like, endeavor this cover-search tool.

Library Databases (log in with your library menu)

• Books & Authors

• Books in Print

• The New York Times databases

• NoveList and NoveList K-8 (in-library utilise only)

More Suggestions

• If y'all tin retrieve simply 1 word, employ the search office on Goodreads or Library Affair to detect long lists of titles with a item give-and-take.

• Goodreads' browse-able lists of titles that readers have shelved in unique categories, such as authors' professions or decades of publication, is also be helpful.

• For recently published books, the reviews in Booklist Online are cleaved downwardly by detailed genre.

How to Movement On

Sometimes, it'southward simply not going to happen, and you can't find that elusive volume you've been searching for. It'southward okay! Dandy news: The world is full of great books! Hither are a few means to find more...

• Check out recommendations from our book experts here at NYPL. Nosotros offer suggestions via weblog posts, the Staff Picks book finder, The Librarian Is In podcast, and more.
  
• If you'd like a personalized recommendation, detect us on Twitter or fill out our What Should I Read Next? electronic mail form.
  
• Want a brand-new read? Bank check out our favorite New and Noteworthy titles.

Feel free to leave a comment and tell us most a book y'all're trying to think! Our library staff members will pop in and check it periodically, and readers of this post are welcome to make guesses and suggestions.

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Source: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/11/22/finding-book-forgotten-title