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Their search actions were recorded with a Morae Recorder. Pre- and post-questionnaires elicited information about their background, literary preferences and search experience. Readers\u2019 literary preferences were grouped into four orientations by a factor analysis. Linear regression analysis was applied for predicting search success as measured by books\u2019 interest scores.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most literary orientations contributed to search success, but in differing search tasks. The role of result examination was greater compared to querying in contributing search success almost in each task. The proportion of variance explained in books\u2019 interest scores varied between 5 (open-ended browsing) and 50 percent (analogy search).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The distribution of participants was biased toward females, and the results are aggregated within search session, both reducing the variation of the phenomenon observed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study is one of the first to explore how readers\u2019 literary preferences and searching are associated with finding interesting novels, i.e. search success, in library catalogs. 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