With so many books being published every day, how do you find a book you want to read?
I usually go through recommendations on Goodreads, and I keep track of what books my favourite authors are publishing.
I enjoy walking through bookstores and libraries I could get lost for hours
In 2022, my recommendations came mostly from:
- Blogs that are not dedicated to books – I’ve left most blogs & podcasts that only talk about books because they tend to make my
- My local library & my local bookshop are both absolutely amazing and have wonderful suggestions for books I would never have found in any other way.
- When I see a clearly leftist or anarchist-leaning library, I enter and, uh… support them financially.
- Friends, of course!
I like searching by publisher every once in a while: if a book I read is a particularly well done translation or edition, odds are the company have done a similarly good job elsewhere.
For nonfiction, a good source is checking the bibliography or works cited section of the book. Sometimes there will even be a suggested reading section back there, too.
i have a paranoid indie bookshop around the corner. i buy an interesting one. and put it on the tbr pile 😛
but seriously while that’s true (and i do work that pile, just not in real time), i’ll see ideas most anywhere (social media, press) and throw them in my bookwyrm tbr list.
last week those merged, i actually bought a book i’d previously seen and put in tbr, and i guess i’m glad i found it interesting twice. it is… on the pile
