Personalized
Reading
Recommendations

An individualized book recommendation service just for you!

Fill out the following questionnaire to receive your personalized reading recommendations from a Provo City Librarian. We will send you a list of 3-5 books based on your responses. You will receive your list within 5-14 business days.

The Personalized Reading Recommendation service is available for Provo City Library card holders.

The more information you provide the more personalized your recommendations will be.

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*Name

*E-mail

*Provo City Library card number


Gender    Age     (If you are under 12, please contact a Children’s Librarian at 801-852-6682.)

Please list any titles or authors you enjoyed reading.

Why did you enjoy the book or author? Why do you want to read others like it?

Please list any titles or authors you have NOT enjoyed reading? What did you not like about the books?

What level of books do you prefer to read? (If you prefer to read Children’s books, please contact the Children’s Reference Desk at 801-852-6682.)
        

Would you prefer to read Fiction or Nonfiction?
Fiction
Nonfiction

Fiction (choose only one category)




















Is there an area of specific interest? For example, if you chose Science Fiction, do you want books just about Time Travel or if you chose Horror, do you want only Vampire Novels?

Format: Check the format you require

Regular print
Large print (will limit the choices available)
Book on CD (will limit the choices available)

Length: Select the length of the book you would prefer

Publication date: Select the date of the publication you would prefer

Focus: Check if you prefer a certain focus

No preference
Characters and relationships
Story, action or events		 Place or setting
Issues
Language and style

Character: Select your preferences about the main character

No preference
Male
Female		 Age   
Multicultural   

Setting : Select your preferences about location

No preference
United States   
World     		Urban
Rural
Other   

Time Period: Select your preference about time period

No preference
Historical    
Contemporary
Other    

Turn offs: Please tell us of anything you wish to avoid in your reading such as graphic or violent scenes or strong language.
We will try to avoid these but cannot guarantee there will not be something unacceptable to you.

Please tell us anything else you want us to know about your reading preferences

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While you wait, check out Provo Library's Reading Recommendation Blog that contains book suggestions for all types of readers.