Time passes so fast. You come across so many interesting things in your life. But unfortunately every interesting thing doesn’t stay permanently in your memory with complete details. We’re humans and it’s normal to forget little things.
This can be the case with books. When I was a kid, my dad bought so many interesting books about mythological creatures or different type of interesting scientific facts.
But now all I remember is few names of those creatures and how they look like. No matter how hard I try I can’t remember the name of that book. I can’t even remember a single word (except creature names) mentioned in that book.
So how to find a book when you don’t know the title or author?
Searching On Google
We all know Google is the most powerful search engine in this world. It’s advanced algorithm help us in getting the most relevant information for our search queries. But there are few tricks you may not know about Google.
Before starting, first list every words/sentences you remember from the book you want to find. But if you can remember a little sentence then it’ll be so easy to find the book.
Now let’s use some google query trick to find our book. Do you know if you use search “this is a test” (with quotation). You’ll exactly find results with that sentence in it? I mean if you don’t use quotation it may still give some results with “this is a test” in it. But it can be anything like synonyms or similar sentence which is relevant to what you searched for.
So now if you remember any sentences, then Just include it inside quotations and do a Google search. If you find the book then it’s great.
But if you find a lots of results which is not related to any books. Then you can search [“your sentence” book] on Google. It’ll give articles where that sentence and “book” is mentioned. So chances of getting relevant information is high.
Let’s say you don’t remember any sentences but you remember few phrases and words from that book, then you can just search “phrase 1” “phrase 2” “phrase 3” together with space. Also you can add a book in the end. This’ll give you contents where all those phrases are include in one place.
So this is how you can find a book when you don’t know the title or author name using Google.
Using Reddit
Sometimes you may not remember particular word or phrases of a book. But you know what the category, how it looked like when you read it. If someone has read that book, then there’s a good chance he or she will be able to tell the title of the book only using those informations. That’s what we can do in Reddit.
Reddit isn’t a search engine like Google. But it has community of all types of categories, where you can ask questions or discuss different ideas with each other.
There’re also some communities for finding books. But it all depends on how well you explain. But a human brain is always better than a search algorithm.
r/whatsthatbook : This subreddit is made for specific purpose of finding books you can’t remember.
r/suggestmeabook : It’s mainly used for suggesting new books to read. But it can also help in this case.
There are so many other small or big communities for book lovers. But those two are specific subreddit for finding books.
Using Quora
Quora isn’t specific like Reddit. But you can try asking your questions to people who you think is perfect to answer your questions ( mainly librarian or someone who’s expert in that certain book category )
Also, Quora’s algorithm helps in finding people who’s perfect for answering your questions.
Asking Librarian
This method is little outdated according to today’s internet standards. But if you find the right people in real life. Then nothing can be better than that.
So these were some methods which can help in finding a book when you don’t know the title or author. Well, there’s no guarantee that you’ll always find the book. But it all depends on all those little things you know about those books. Try asking about the books you want to find on forum.cleus.co may be someone from our small community will help in finding thing you need.
How to find a book when you don’t know the title or author?
Time passes so fast. You come across so many interesting things in your life. But unfortunately every interesting thing doesn’t stay permanently in your memory with complete details. We’re humans and it’s normal to forget little things.
This can be the case with books. When I was a kid, my dad bought so many interesting books about mythological creatures or different type of interesting scientific facts.
But now all I remember is few names of those creatures and how they look like. No matter how hard I try I can’t remember the name of that book. I can’t even remember a single word (except creature names) mentioned in that book.
So how to find a book when you don’t know the title or author?
Searching On Google
We all know Google is the most powerful search engine in this world. It’s advanced algorithm help us in getting the most relevant information for our search queries. But there are few tricks you may not know about Google.
So this is how you can find a book when you don’t know the title or author name using Google.
Using Reddit
Sometimes you may not remember particular word or phrases of a book. But you know what the category, how it looked like when you read it. If someone has read that book, then there’s a good chance he or she will be able to tell the title of the book only using those informations. That’s what we can do in Reddit.
Reddit isn’t a search engine like Google. But it has community of all types of categories, where you can ask questions or discuss different ideas with each other.
There’re also some communities for finding books. But it all depends on how well you explain. But a human brain is always better than a search algorithm.
There are so many other small or big communities for book lovers. But those two are specific subreddit for finding books.
Using Quora
Quora isn’t specific like Reddit. But you can try asking your questions to people who you think is perfect to answer your questions ( mainly librarian or someone who’s expert in that certain book category )
Also, Quora’s algorithm helps in finding people who’s perfect for answering your questions.
Asking Librarian
This method is little outdated according to today’s internet standards. But if you find the right people in real life. Then nothing can be better than that.
Searching On Online Directories
This can be little hard, but you can try browsing books on Goodreads.com or worldcat.org.
So these were some methods which can help in finding a book when you don’t know the title or author. Well, there’s no guarantee that you’ll always find the book. But it all depends on all those little things you know about those books. Try asking about the books you want to find on forum.cleus.co may be someone from our small community will help in finding thing you need.
Thanks for reading 🙂
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