100 Million Books for Chrome

Avid reader, bookworm, book lover, or the slightly more modern "bookaholic" are just some of the words that might correctly describe you if you're passionate about books and reading.

If that's the case, without any hesitation, we definitely recommend you check out 100 Million Books, an attractive Chrome extension that aims to put your "bookishness" to the test by helping you discover a new book each time you open a new tab.

Come to think about it, the idea is quite ingenious, since we are already constantly opening new tabs in our never-ending pursuit of fresh information, so, why not discover something that could be potentially interesting to read each time we do it?

Even though this extension provides a very smooth and unobtrusive way of boosting your intellectual life, it's not at all difficult to imagine how it could potentially be a massive distraction, so use it wisely, or else you might just find yourself after hours and hours, with your projects or other responsibilities put on hold.

With that in mind, a quick switch to turn it on or off directly from Chrome's toolbar would have been quite useful. Since we're on the subject of "could be better," it would have been great if the books were categorized and you could actually pick the topics that interest you the most. Of course, that's our opinion, and it's understandable if lots of you out there prefer it as is.

As with most extensions, it hardly requires any effort in order to be installed: simply click the "ADD TO CHROME" button from its official Chrome Web Store page, and that's about it, no configuration, no extra-hassle required.

Considering all that's been said, this is hands-down one of the best "New Tab" extensions out there. If not for anything else, it's well worth having it installed just for the fact that it provides you with quality descriptions of various hand-picked books from all over the world.