FiveBooks
Type of site | Book Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Editor | Sophie Roell |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |  66,002 (January 2019[update])[1] |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | October 2009 |
FiveBooks is an online book recommendation website. It features interviews with experts who recommend the best five books in their field. It was set up with the intention that human curation[2] would provide for a better way of gathering interesting reads.[3] Five Books has been criticised for not having as complete a book catalogue as Amazon.[4]
As of January 2019, FiveBooks has about 275,00 visitors a month and has an Alexa Ranking of 66,002.[5]Having a book chosen by a FiveBooks expert is seen as an accolade by Havard University Press.[6]
History[edit]
It was founded in October 2009[7] in Oxford, UK[8] by Sophie Roell. As of January 2019 it has 1,300[9] interviews covering a range of topics.
Features[edit]
Five Books allows users to browse an extensive database of interviews, books and experts, read editorial content and link through to purchase physical, audio or ebooks. It is subscription free. Readers can add their own book recommendations which are then published on the website.[10]
Notable[edit]
Notable contributors include; Jonathan Haidt of New York University[11], Nigel Warburton[12], Nick Clegg[13], Mary Beard[14] of Cambridge University, Barbara Kiser[15],Robert Barro[16] of Harvard university, Andrew Lo of MIT[17], Mary Robinson[18], Randall Grahm[19], Will Self[20] and John Kerry[21]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "FiveBooks". www.fivebooks.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ Morozov, Evgeny (2013-03-01). "Does House of Cards' Success Portend the End of Human Creativity?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ "Today at the Browser: I talk about five books on the strangeness of life". 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Morozov, Evgeny (2013-03-01). "Does House of Cards' Success Portend the End of Human Creativity?". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ↑ "Fivebooks.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ "Accolades, "Best of," and Book of the Year Citations | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ "FIVE BOOKS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "FiveBooks". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ↑ Books, Five. "About Us & Contact Details". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ↑ Books, Five. "Reader Lists". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ↑ "Jonathan Haidt -- Moral Judgment and Moral Politics". people.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Books, Five. "The Best Philosophy Books of 2018 | Five Books Expert Recommendations". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Papazoglou, Alexis (2019-01-28). "What Would John Stuart Mill Do—to Fix Facebook?". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Books, Five. "The Best Books on Ancient History in Modern life | Five Books Expert Recommendations". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Graham, Flora (2018-12-07). "Daily briefing: The five unmissable science books of 2018". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07703-4 (inactive 2019-01-30).
- ↑ "Robert Barro on the Great Depression". National Review. 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- ↑ "Search Results for "fivebooks" – Andrew Lo". Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Books, Five. "Mary Robinson". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ↑ Times, The New York (2011-07-18). "What We're Reading". Diner’s Journal Blog. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ "Will Self, on himself". Salon. 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Books, Five. "John Kerry". Five Books. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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