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This is the new ONLINE version of Who else writes like...? To start using the site browse via the Navigation panel or enter a keyword in the Search panel.
The book was first published under this title in 1993. It is designed to help fiction readers who have read all the books by their favourite authors and are seeking new names to try. Of course, no author writes exactly like another, but the selection of alternatives provided should help to narrow the choices from the hundreds of titles available.
The basis for the initial selection of authors continues to be those who are the most borrowed according to the lists compiled by the Registrar of Public Lending Right. These are supplemented with names suggested by a small team of volunteer advisors based in libraries in different parts of the United Kingdom and also in Australia. As a general rule the author should have had three novels published; only in the exceptional circumstance of a first novel becoming a prize winner or an outstanding publishing success would such an author be included. There are over 2,000 entries which will be extended in this online edition with regular updates.
Many authors now have their own websites; links to these are included in their entry. Also available are links to other useful websites and further suggested reading material. A list of Literary Prizes is incorporated with entries going back to 1970, where known; earlier winners can sometimes be found on the prize website.
Some titles written by the crossover authors may be suitable for young adult readers who are in the process of 'crossing-over' from reading books appropriate for children to tackling adult novels. A 
identifies these authors. Some also write children's books and these are indicated by a 
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The aim of this website is to encourage readers to try the works of new authors and to open up to them the wealth of good reading that is available in their local public library and bookshop.