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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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 3 points 2 days ago

My sister. She reads like no one else I've ever met. No joke, she can listen to an audiobook on 2x speed while reading a separate physical or ebook at the same time. Two books at once. Madness. Needless to say, she reads a lot and does a pretty good job finding good stuff. So I check in on what she's liked in genres that overlap with my interest. Check 2 is if I can find a given book at my library.