🚀 Overview
A Book A Month is an intelligent book recommendation system that suggests books based on users' reading preferences. Users can select their favorite books,from a list of books option(options can also be refreshed) and the system will provide a primary book recommendation with an option to refresh and see upto 10 more recommendations.
- 📖 Personalized book recommendations based on user selection
- 🎭 Multiple genres covered: rom-com, dark romance, fantasy, and more
- 🔄 Refresh button to see alternative recommendations
📦 a-book-a-month
┣ 📂 dataset/ # Book dataset
┣ 📂 models/ # Trained ML models
┣ 📂 notebooks/ # Jupyter notebooks for ML development
┣ 📂 static/ # CSS files
┣ 📂 templates/ # HTML templates for UI
┣ 📜 app.py # Main backend script (Flask/Django)
┣ 📜 requirements.txt # Dependencies
┣ 📜 README.md # Project documentation
┣ 📜 .gitignore # Ignore unnecessary files
## 🛠️ Installation & Usage
### Prerequisites
- Python 3.10+
- Flask or Django (depending on your backend choice)
- Virtual environment (optional but recommended)
### 🔧 Setup & Run
```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/a-book-a-month.git
cd a-book-a-month
# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # On Windows use: venv\Scripts\activate
# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
# Run the application
python app.py
Open your browser and navigate to: http://127.0.0.1:5000
This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.







