Independent bookshop, est. 2009
No algorithm, just five people who read constantly and argue about what goes on the front table. Local delivery, and we'll hold a book at the counter for a week.
This month
Handed to at least a dozen customers who came in looking for "something like nothing I've read."
Reads like the author is telling you a story at a bar, not lecturing from a podium.
The one we hand to people who say they "don't really read poetry."