There are millions of books in existence and only twenty-four hours in the day. I'm curious how everyone here picks what books go on (and, depending on your proclivity for dropping books mid-read, stay on) your reading list?

Librarian recommendations? "Best of" lists? Your favorite authors' latest? Social media recommendations? Whatever seems "hot" at the moment? Serial publications/anthologies? High school/college reading lists*? Covers/titles that entice you? Whatever your approach, I wanna hear it!

*This is a fantastic way of creating non-fiction reading lists, but I can't imagine doing this with fiction--I'm just not that much of a literary masochist.

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[–] Sophocles@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

90% of the media I consume is off of reccomendation (so basically based on the ethos of a specific knowledgable person), especially when it comes to books. Find someone in your circle that knows their stuff, for example I got classical lit reccomendations from my HS english teacher, graphic novel recs from my fandom friends, and philosophy reads from my pastor. Most of the books I love were reccomended to me by a friend. If you trust the person's taste, they usually supply you with good reads, and then you can talk about it with them later as a bonus