How to Pick your Next Read
1: Walking the Aisle
You have a basic idea of what you want to read, now you walk the aisle and feel the Muse. Maybe its the spine, or the condition, or the cover or the color. Something inspires you to reach for ...that...book...
1: Walking the Aisle
You have a basic idea of what you want to read, now you walk the aisle and feel the Muse. Maybe its the spine, or the condition, or the cover or the color. Something inspires you to reach for ...that...book...
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2: Browse the online market
Whether its an online bookseller or a library, you just browse it all from your comfy chair, and never worry about how many books you can actually carry (or read).
2: Browse the online market
Whether its an online bookseller or a library, you just browse it all from your comfy chair, and never worry about how many books you can actually carry (or read).
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3: Fix the immediate need
You are looking for solutions. From minor repairs to planning a wedding to getting a mortgage or writing a resume. You need some solutions to the problems that you are worried about right now.
3: Fix the immediate need
You are looking for solutions. From minor repairs to planning a wedding to getting a mortgage or writing a resume. You need some solutions to the problems that you are worried about right now.
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4: Power Up on Mindfulness
These are the books that remind us of what we learned in kindergarten, or 1001 ways to be happy or how to be a 'better whatever'. We probably seek these books out when we're doing okay and want a tune-up, not an overhaul.
4: Power Up on Mindfulness
These are the books that remind us of what we learned in kindergarten, or 1001 ways to be happy or how to be a 'better whatever'. We probably seek these books out when we're doing okay and want a tune-up, not an overhaul.
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5: What's your teen reading?
Maybe you should find out what the 'young adults' are consuming. Chances are these are rather new and topical and you might really have no clue what's in them.
5: What's your teen reading?
Maybe you should find out what the 'young adults' are consuming. Chances are these are rather new and topical and you might really have no clue what's in them.
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6: Always wanted to know about...
Especially in 2020, people are talking about 'Covid skills' - something you learned while you may have had more time. A computer language? The history of Canada? How to play better chess?
6: Always wanted to know about...
Especially in 2020, people are talking about 'Covid skills' - something you learned while you may have had more time. A computer language? The history of Canada? How to play better chess?
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7: Bragging Rights
You want to drop that reference to Nietzsche into your next conversation, build up the social capital of knowing how the Romans made aquaducts, etc. Its about impressing you or someone else, but not about the actual subject.
7: Bragging Rights
You want to drop that reference to Nietzsche into your next conversation, build up the social capital of knowing how the Romans made aquaducts, etc. Its about impressing you or someone else, but not about the actual subject.
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8: Studying hard and hopin' to pass
Maybe you really don't care about chemistry, but if you want that degree you have to pass that class. Maybe you need to take Continuing Education Classes to keep your job or certification.
8: Studying hard and hopin' to pass
Maybe you really don't care about chemistry, but if you want that degree you have to pass that class. Maybe you need to take Continuing Education Classes to keep your job or certification.
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9: Spiritual tune-up
Maybe you are seeking answers with an eye toward faith, and timeless stories of human relationships with themselves and something bigger than themselves. Maybe you want to look across Faiths or bygone faiths.
9: Spiritual tune-up
Maybe you are seeking answers with an eye toward faith, and timeless stories of human relationships with themselves and something bigger than themselves. Maybe you want to look across Faiths or bygone faiths.
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10: Let the Website do it for you
Let your past history, current trends, and a sophisticated proprietary algorithm isolate for you a small group of books we know you'll like (and that we available for purchase by clicking this button).
10: Let the Website do it for you
Let your past history, current trends, and a sophisticated proprietary algorithm isolate for you a small group of books we know you'll like (and that we available for purchase by clicking this button).
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11: Try a Whitman's Sampler
You know you like a genre, so how about a sampler set of a bunch of writers and short story nuggets to try your palette. If you get a flavor you don't like, spit it out and try another story.
11: Try a Whitman's Sampler
You know you like a genre, so how about a sampler set of a bunch of writers and short story nuggets to try your palette. If you get a flavor you don't like, spit it out and try another story.
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12: Cheap Collections by a single Author
You know you like a genre, but really don't know who this author or that author is (or you do, but this is their early stuff) Hey, you can get a dozen of their stories for the cost of a cup of cheap coffee!
12: Cheap Collections by a single Author
You know you like a genre, but really don't know who this author or that author is (or you do, but this is their early stuff) Hey, you can get a dozen of their stories for the cost of a cup of cheap coffee!
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13: Deliberate toggling of Fiction and Nonfiction
You just enjoyed that steamy book of a barechested Highlander and the fiery lass who would not be tamed, maybe now is when you switch gears and read about dinosaurs or economics or something.
13: Deliberate toggling of Fiction and Nonfiction
You just enjoyed that steamy book of a barechested Highlander and the fiery lass who would not be tamed, maybe now is when you switch gears and read about dinosaurs or economics or something.
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14: Make it Personal
The play Hamilton helped show people the value of a personal take on stories. Perhaps its a famous creator, or someone you respect, or someone who's story you feel is a story worth knowing better.
14: Make it Personal
The play Hamilton helped show people the value of a personal take on stories. Perhaps its a famous creator, or someone you respect, or someone who's story you feel is a story worth knowing better.
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15: Dig Deeper from the fiction to the nonfiction
Maybe you liked Jaws? Perhaps its time to dig deeper and learn about sharks, or the 1916 shark attacks or the making of the movie. Liked Jurassic Park - read about cloning or dinosaurs or CGI.
15: Dig Deeper from the fiction to the nonfiction
Maybe you liked Jaws? Perhaps its time to dig deeper and learn about sharks, or the 1916 shark attacks or the making of the movie. Liked Jurassic Park - read about cloning or dinosaurs or CGI.
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16: Look at the Bestseller list
From the New York Times to Goodreads and more, there will no shortage of "Best Seller" lists.
16: Look at the Bestseller list
From the New York Times to Goodreads and more, there will no shortage of "Best Seller" lists.
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17: Let a group of 'experts' give advice
A big one for websites where you can search for 'best comic books of the 2000s' and a group of columnists will give you their picks. Its all canned, but you can leave a comment down below.
17: Let a group of 'experts' give advice
A big one for websites where you can search for 'best comic books of the 2000s' and a group of columnists will give you their picks. Its all canned, but you can leave a comment down below.
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18: Let a single Guru guide you
A bonus of libraries and small bookstores, there might be a guru there with time to chat to *just you*. These can be great, but remember you can say "No", especially to sales pressure.
18: Let a single Guru guide you
A bonus of libraries and small bookstores, there might be a guru there with time to chat to *just you*. These can be great, but remember you can say "No", especially to sales pressure.
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19: Go BIG or go home
Check out the oversized books at your local library. These big books will be shelved together, and thus cover a wide range of topics. From art to sports to history, it'll probably be nonfiction.
19: Go BIG or go home
Check out the oversized books at your local library. These big books will be shelved together, and thus cover a wide range of topics. From art to sports to history, it'll probably be nonfiction.
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20: Deliberate toggling between New and Old
While it may seem like turning your back on being in the Present, its hard to understand without contest of the Past. Oscillating between current material and older stuff might be how to create Balance.
20: Deliberate toggling between New and Old
While it may seem like turning your back on being in the Present, its hard to understand without contest of the Past. Oscillating between current material and older stuff might be how to create Balance.
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21: Going back to childhood
Those wonderful books you remember from childhood were written by adults. Why not go back and reread them. Maybe you can introduce them to someone else, or maybe being an adult will give you new insight.
21: Going back to childhood
Those wonderful books you remember from childhood were written by adults. Why not go back and reread them. Maybe you can introduce them to someone else, or maybe being an adult will give you new insight.
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22: What's the buzz around the watercooler
What book is generating all the talk amongst your friends? Maybe you want to join the conversation as someone who's also read it!
22: What's the buzz around the watercooler
What book is generating all the talk amongst your friends? Maybe you want to join the conversation as someone who's also read it!
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23: Pop some bubbles
Maybe its time you read some voices you don't normally hear or consider. This could be anything that makes you think "Never saw that POV before".
23: Pop some bubbles
Maybe its time you read some voices you don't normally hear or consider. This could be anything that makes you think "Never saw that POV before".
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24: Cornerstones of a Genre
If you like a genre, you might want to go back to the most celebrated books or the foundational books of that genre.
24: Cornerstones of a Genre
If you like a genre, you might want to go back to the most celebrated books or the foundational books of that genre.
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25: Stood the test of Time
There are those books widely considered The Classics. Maybe its a play by Shakespeare, or a novel by Dickens, or a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. These are the books cited as "Read before you die" kind of books.
25: Stood the test of Time
There are those books widely considered The Classics. Maybe its a play by Shakespeare, or a novel by Dickens, or a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. These are the books cited as "Read before you die" kind of books.
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26: An Old Friend for Dinner
You want the familiar, like enjoying a favorite dessert or taking a walk in your favorite park. You know every twist and turn along the way, but that's part of the joy. Its like listening to a favorite song.
26: An Old Friend for Dinner
You want the familiar, like enjoying a favorite dessert or taking a walk in your favorite park. You know every twist and turn along the way, but that's part of the joy. Its like listening to a favorite song.
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27: The Compleat Angler
You have an author you like, maybe you want to explore their B side works, or you're a completionist and want every adventure of a particular character, or want to read their other genre work, or commentaries or letters.
27: The Compleat Angler
You have an author you like, maybe you want to explore their B side works, or you're a completionist and want every adventure of a particular character, or want to read their other genre work, or commentaries or letters.
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28: If you liked That, try This
This is a tricky one. Maybe you liked Tolkien, so then it should be easy to recommend other books, right? Maybe not so simple, because different people may like the work for different reasons.
28: If you liked That, try This
This is a tricky one. Maybe you liked Tolkien, so then it should be easy to recommend other books, right? Maybe not so simple, because different people may like the work for different reasons.
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29: Eat Shop Read Local
Check out the local section of your local bookstore, or perhaps buy that book from that tent whenever we are back to having street festivals. From local writers of fiction, to local historians with local ghost stories!
29: Eat Shop Read Local
Check out the local section of your local bookstore, or perhaps buy that book from that tent whenever we are back to having street festivals. From local writers of fiction, to local historians with local ghost stories!
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30: Be a Joiner
Join a bookclub. They probably have a focus, but then your selection is mostly made for you, but you get the benefit of others to discuss the book with as you go through it.
30: Be a Joiner
Join a bookclub. They probably have a focus, but then your selection is mostly made for you, but you get the benefit of others to discuss the book with as you go through it.
That's 30 ways to Pick your Next Read. I'm sure there are many more. For instance, some people are looking for certain editions or books of great value, but I'm more concerned on content than commerce.
The important thing is picking up a book in the first place.
The important thing is picking up a book in the first place.
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