After some discussion, some
friends of mine and I decided that it can be quite an arduous task to find new
books to read and so I have made this little list of ways that I find new books
to read.
Publishers Websites: Finding
imprints you like and searching through the website for similar titles. I know that I had recently been enjoying
books by the Harlequin MIRA imprint and have discovered a trove of new series
to read just from looking into more books from this imprint.
The back pages of other books
you love: Sometimes when you read a book
there will be advertisements in the back for similar book suggestions and these
give a synopsis for the book. Sometimes
there are some pretty good suggestions there; I know I picked up a few books
from that.
Book blogs: Book blogs of course, are a way of finding
new books to read. Find some book
bloggers who share your taste or opinions in books and you may find that they
have read some books you haven’t that you might actually enjoy.
Scouring the library
shelves: Sometimes you might find a
spine or cover that catches your eye and it makes you pick up the book.
Friends: Friends can often have some really good book
recommendations; they may even let you borrow some of their books to read ;)
Author love: Reading a book by a random author but then
falling in love with their writing which encourages you to read more of their
books. Some examples for me: Kate
Ellison and David Almond
Goodreads: There are so many
books on goodreads!! Sometimes when I
look up a book I love, there are little suggestions on the side or lists that
include that book and you can just sort of get swept into this huge maze of
finding awesome books to read.
So, those are the ways in which
I find new books. What about you, do you
have any other ways of finding new books?