I like the concept. But the content is crap. I read a lot of fantasy and scifi. When I went into the list of top rated books in that genre, so many of them are pulp garbage that look like Twilight fan fiction and the like.
And while perhaps this speaks more to my prejudices than anything else - I have a hard time trusting a review aggregator where a bodice ripper has a "100%" rating on the site's home page.
It took me a couple of minutes looking over the homepage to realize that it was organized by genre. I'd recommend making those columns more visually distinct, so you don't offend snobs like myself.
To address patja's concerns - it looks like you've got some young adult fantasy/scifi mixed in with normal fantasy/scifi. Separate those out, and you'll likely get a better response from fans of the genre.
Also - this looks quite exciting. It's amazing how few effective tools there are out there for finding my next book. Thanks for making another!
I have to agree with this; I like the site, but a quick search for a few books that sprung to mind turned up either a pile of irrelevant results (as someone said above, sort out your stopwords; if I search for "The Gunslinger", "The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest" is not relevant) or nothing at all once I started trying distinctive title (Cryptonomicon, Accelerando). I'm keen for someone to do a better job on book recommendations for me, but I think this needs a lot of improvement before it'll do the trick.
It took me a couple of minutes looking over the homepage to realize that it was organized by genre. I'd recommend making those columns more visually distinct, so you don't offend snobs like myself.
To address patja's concerns - it looks like you've got some young adult fantasy/scifi mixed in with normal fantasy/scifi. Separate those out, and you'll likely get a better response from fans of the genre.
Also - this looks quite exciting. It's amazing how few effective tools there are out there for finding my next book. Thanks for making another!