I've been enjoying spending some time to dig through a fun website called smalldemons.com. The site gives overviews on authors and helps make connections between books.
Here is how keprtv.com described the website:
Small Demons is the book world's latest mind game and guilty pleasure and a proving ground that everything really is connected. You can find out how many books mention the Beatles or the Pacific Ocean or Rice Krispies. You can find answers to questions you never meant to ask, like whether writers favor Marlboros or Camels (Camels have the edge, 85-65), or which brands of cold medicine are cited in EL James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" (NyQuil, Advil, Tylenol).and
Looking through the site is like knocking on a door, then another and another. You might start with Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals," the basis for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." Click on the image of the book's cover and you will find a variety of sub-categories: People in the book (from Lincoln himself to abolitionist Frederick Douglass), places identified, songs mentioned ("The Star-Spangled Banner," ''La Marseillaise"), newspapers cited.The Stephen King entry notes that he has written 44 books, 1 series and is mentioned in 293 books. Obviously that's a low number, but someone had to start cataloging somewhere, right?! The entry on The Stand says it has been mentioned in 11 other books.
Sometimes the website mis-matches. For instance, it claims The Stand is mentioned in a book about Alexander Hamilton titled, "American." Actually, "The Stand" referenced in that book is to a essay.
The website allows you to build your own storyboard as well as search through books.
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