I have a giant mixture of how I discover new books, but my biggest thing is mainly browsing local library website and their weekly lists of new releases as well as different book review aggregator sites

  • DrMango@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I try to take recommendations from multiple places:

    Friends and family

    Goodreads

    Social media/online personalities I enjoy

    Algorithm recommendations (other people who bought that book also bought…)

    And my personal favorite: wandering around in a bookstore until a title or cover catches my eye

    This way I get recommendations with some context (this book is similar to another book I liked, or, Mary has good taste in fantasy books and highly recommends this one) and also some room for serendipity to find something I might not normally read.