Goodreads

Goodreads

Bibliographic Information

www.goodreads.com

Description

Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Their mission is to help people find and share books they love. Goodreads launched in January 2007. By creating an account users can:

• See which books your friends are reading.
• Track the books you're reading, have read, and want to read.
• Check out your personalized book recommendations. The recommendation engine analyzes 20 billion data points to give suggestions tailored to the user’s literary tastes.
• Find out if a book is a good fit for you from our community’s reviews. (Goodreads)

Users must rate at least twenty books before Goodreads will give you book recommendations. If users are looking for a book to read, they can select the Explore option and they can search a number of areas: genre, listopia, giveaways, popular, etc. Users can also join groups like your local library book club or a specific author’s group.

Quantitative Reading Level

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 6.3

Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 73.2

ATOS Level: 9.0

Qualitative Reading Level

Purpose: Low. The purpose is explicitly stated.  

Structure: Low. The organization is simple, there are explicit connections between ideas and conforms to the conventions of the genre.  Graphics are simple and mostly unnecessary for the text.

Language: Low. The language used is contemporary and conversational. It is clear and explicit and easy-to-understand. 

Knowledge Demands: Middle Low.  Everyday practical knowledge is largely necessary, discipline-specific knowledge is helpful, but not necessary.

Content Area

All

Subject Area Tag

All, Media Items

Content Area Standard

Becasue users ca search for any type of book. Goodreads addresses multiple area standards.

Curriculum Suggestions

• This tool can be used to find books for informational purposes, pleasure reading or assignments. It can be utilized by every person in the school and is not just limited to students.

Links to Supporting Digital Content

You can also use Facebook, Twitter and other social media to see what your friends are reading.