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Tell us what you're looking for
Start with whatever you know. You can describe a genre, mood, trope, season, feeling, character type, atmosphere, or simply the kind of reading experience you want right now.
Find My Story by Secondhand Stories
How It Works
Book discovery does not have to begin with a bestseller list.
Sometimes you know exactly what you want to read. Sometimes you only know how you want a story to make you feel. Find My Story is designed to help with both.
Find My Story begins with you. Tell us what you are looking for in your own words, and your request becomes the starting point for discovering books from the Find My Story collection.
The goal is not to give you hundreds of search results and ask you to sort through them yourself. It is to give you a small, thoughtful selection of possibilities that feel connected to the kind of reading experience you asked for.
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The Process
From a feeling to a story.
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Your request becomes the starting point
Find My Story considers what you asked for alongside the reading preferences connected to your account and the information available for books in the Find My Story catalog.
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Find My Story searches for meaningful matches
Your request is compared with the growing, carefully curated collection to identify books that may fit what you are looking for.
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Discover one to three recommendations
Instead of overwhelming you with an endless list, Find My Story gives you a small selection of thoughtfully matched books to explore.
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Choose the story that speaks to you
Every reader is different, and no recommendation can guarantee that every book will become a favorite. The goal is to give you interesting possibilities and help you discover something you may never have found on your own.
Start Anywhere
There is no wrong way to ask for a book.
You do not need to know the perfect genre or have the perfect words. Start with whatever you know—even if what you know is very little.
Start with a genre
"I want a cozy mystery with a small-town atmosphere."
Start with a feeling
"I want something comforting and hopeful."
Start with a mood
"I want an autumn book with magic and a little romance."
Start with what you don't want
"I want fantasy, but nothing too dark or complicated."
Start with almost nothing
"I have no idea what I want to read. Surprise me."
Why Multiple Recommendations?
Reading is personal.
A recommendation can be thoughtful without being perfect. Everyone brings something different to a story, which means a book one reader loves may not connect with another reader in the same way.
That is why Find My Story can give you one to three recommendations for each request. Instead of pretending there is only one perfect book for every moment, you receive a small selection of stories to explore.
Sometimes your first match will feel exactly right. Other times, the unexpected choice may be the story that surprises you most.
Keep Exploring
Find My Story can grow with your reading life.
Save what interests you
Depending on your membership, you can save recommendations, build your personal reading library, and return to books that caught your attention.
Remember your reading experience
Book Lover and VIP members can rate saved books and keep personal notes, thoughts, and favorite quotes.
Collect reading trinkets
As your reading library grows, Book Lover and VIP members can collect beautiful trinkets and other small keepsakes connected to their reading journey.
Ask the Librarian
Looking for something especially specific or want to suggest a book, author, or idea? Request a Librarian gives you another way to help shape the experience.
Go A Little Deeper
There is more to discover behind the recommendations.
Ready When You Are
Start with what you're in the mood for.
You do not need to know exactly what book you want. Just tell Find My Story where you would like to begin.