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What's the most effective way to find new books?
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I find that I tend to come across new books most often when I'm
looking for them.
But seriously... I just read. Part of what makes it so easy for me, is that I have no self-imposed rules about trying to select books that I'm already fairly certain I'm going to adore before I even read a single page. That would make me a complacent reader. I would miss out on many kinds of books I just wasn't
aware I enjoyed until after I'd read them. That happens to me a lot.
Personally, I work under the assumption that "what I like" is still very much a work in progress. It's certainly not carved in stone, by any means. And as such, I don't consider it a failure on my part to have chosen a book at random that it turned out I didn't like. I just stop reading it and move on if it becomes too much of a chore for me. No sweat.
So the answer to the question, for me, is simple. I find new books I love to read by reading scads of books which I have no clue before-hand whether or not I might enjoy them.