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If you want recommendations based on what you've read, I've found that goodreads recommendations (http://www.goodreads.com/recommendations http://www.goodreads.com/recommendations) are pretty good once you've added a bunch of books you enjoy to shelves based on genre (they can be all over the place if you only look at your general read/to read/favorites). I've read a couple books that I had never heard of this way and I have yet to be disappointed. I am also pretty guilty of rating books highly, but I also think it's a bit of a thing where I'm not likely to read a book I won't enjoy. On the bright side, it means if a book has an exceptionally low overall rating, I know to avoid it because it doesn't appeal to anybody.