Match Book

Literary fiction, by mood, pace and weight

Literary fiction is where pace and weight matter most. A slow, heavy novel read at the wrong moment feels like homework; the same book at the right moment is the best thing you read all year.

The reading on each book shows its pace, weight and mood, so you can match it to the week you're having.

78 books, best known first. New to the dimensions? Here's what each one means.

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Match Book for iPhone reads the books you gave five stars on Goodreads, works out what they have in common across these fifteen dimensions, and finds more books that share it. Free, no account, no subscription.