Really? People need online services for book recommendations?

I would have thought that readers were naturally curious people and would, I don’t know, maybe talk to other readers (friends and family maybe?) for book recommendations.

Or, they could go to their local bookstore and get any number of suggestions, which they can then race home and download onto their Kindles.

Don’t laugh, this happens more times than you think. In fact, if it happens much more, they’re going to describe random violent outbursts as going bookseller, instead of postal.

But, if you’re an agoraphobic shut-in, Lifehacker lists their five most popular book recommendation services, the result of a reader survey.

Funny thing is that a lot of folks voted for friends and family, but not enough to make the top five. Then again, we are talking about what is primarily a tech blog.