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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

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[โ€“] DrMango@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] gabe 1 points 1 year ago

I love window shopping at barnes and noble, especially taking pictures of books to later get at the library