What do you usually do to figure out which book to read next?

[Arcadio]

Just wondering if you guys read reviews or check out bestseller lists or just randomly browse bookstores or websites looking for something to read.

I don't trust bestseller lists, btw.

 

[RavenSEAL]

What's a book?

 

[ElFenix]

look on my shelf and see what the next book is

 

[SKORPI0]

I usually check the local public library bestseller/recommended read list. If a popular book is not available (usually a long hold list), I get the e-book (pdf, epub) version on transfer it to the HP TouchPad/Arnova 10b I have.

 

[bobdole369]

The next book on the kindle wtf...

 

[Dirigible]

Grab a bunch of books that look interesting from the library. Start to read. Discard crappy ones until I hit one I like.

 

[Glitchny]

randomly browse bookstores or websites looking for something to read.

that's generally what I do. However I do read often enough to look for specific authors I like as well as reading reviews. I usually peruse until I find a book that catches my attention.

 

[Drako]

I ask Scarlett Johansson.

http://www.oprah.com/book/Fantastic-Mr-Fox?editors_pick_id=34583

or if that fails, just Oprah.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Since I've read everything I want to read off of all the science fiction lists I can find on the web, I usually just sample stuff on my kindle until I hit something I like.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Since I've read everything I want to read off of all the science fiction lists I can find on the web, I usually just sample stuff on my kindle until I hit something I like.

This. I pick a subject I'm interested in and then download several samples from Amazon and read them to find the best book.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't read much anymore, but whatever I can get cheap/free. I like the discount section at B&N, thrift shops, and Project Gutenberg. The last full price book I got was The Elegant Universe. There's too much good old stuff to worry about new stuff.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

1. Use various websites and tools to find new/interesting books by genre and/or date
2. Keep a look out for new stuff by authors I have read in the past
3. My finely tuned Amazon recommendations that pick up on the hundreds of books I buy each year

 

[nanette1985]

Grab a bunch of books that look interesting from the library. Start to read. Discard crappy ones until I hit one I like.

This.

Also, Recommendations. Especially from people who read the same kind of stuff I like.

 

[sactoking]

I look at which course is next in my current designation program.

Seriously, between grad school a couple of years back and now professional designations I haven't read a book for fun since 2005.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Wife works at library.

I got 99 problems but looking for my next reading material all thanks to my wife who works at the library ain't one.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Wife works at library.

Hurray for librarians

 

[ChaoZ]

I just ask people for suggestions.

 

[KidNiki1]

Yeah, i ask friends to recommend something they have read recently.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I give Amazon recommendations a look, but pass on at least 90% of them. After reading some huge number (a couple of thousand?) SF & Fantasy novels over the last two decades it's hard to find something new that I like.

It's like network television -- the plots on the cop and lawyer shows are all too familiar. That's one reason I watch anime, at least it's a new set of cliches.

 

[bobdole369]

Wife works at library.

I got 99 problems but looking for my next reading material all thanks to my wife who works at the library ain't one.

Is she mousy? Pics of wife...