Title: How to choose books you’ll actually read | by Rosie Leizrowice | Ascent Publication
Headings: How to choose books you’ll actually read
How to choose books you’ll actually read
Stop slogging through books you don’t like
Choosing books can be a pain.
Either way, there’s no real logic to it.
A great reading habit begins with the books you choose. Nothing matters as much as that.
Ask yourself these questions
The obvious methods:
First, if you enjoy one book by an author, look up whatever else they’ve written.
Second, let’s be honest: Amazon’s book recommendation algorithm is pretty damn good.
Thirdly, curated lists can be helpful
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Start lending books to people you know
Bibliographies. Always read the bibliography
The quotes section on Goodreads
For that reason, it’s a goldmine for discovering books:

Content: Maybe you just read the bestsellers on display at the airport. Maybe you go with the classics because they look good on a shelf . Maybe you religiously follow lists of books ‘ everyone should read before they die ’ or whatever. Maybe you grab the first thing you see in a bookstore. Or whichever book is being aggressively marketed on every damn podcast this week. Either way, there’s no real logic to it. You probably end up reading a random mix of books, many of them just because they’re popular, that you might not even enjoy. With this mindset, it’s easy to let reading become a chore and to become bored with the general act of reading. If you only read books you don’t like that much, you’ll end up thinking you don’t like reading. So you’ll read less and less — and your ability to focus on a book will get worse.