Throughout my life, I’ve always been drawn to bookstores. Big boxes, chains, resellers, mom/pop, even the book section at Thrift stores have held my attention, pulling me into orbit around titles, authors and covers, each vying for my attention.
Today’s thought experiment: How or where do you find books for your reading list?
After you see our answers, drop yours in the comments. We’re always looking for recommendations for books and I can assure you, we’ll both steal the best ideas for selecting books for our stacks,
DAVID RIKE- Seriously, from bibliographies of other books to recommendations to online lists. Plus I take a stack of gift cards into the Half Price Books every January and get a stack based on author, subject, jacket description… sometimes just the cover art.
STEPHEN PATRICK – I’m pretty eclectic, so this answer will be a bit all over the place. My go-to is walking into a store and looking around. I usually start out with a general list to start the year (5 non-fiction pieces, 5 fiction pieces, 2 self-help pieces, a few biographies and at least 1 “I don’t know anything about this topic” book, usually science or history.) Some authors stay on my must read list, but I usually let the stacks guide me. Online is a bit more precise, but I have found myself chasing rabbit trails from “Wonderland” to “Wonder” to “Wonder Woman” and back to a history of Wonder Bread. It’s not pretty, but it’s my system.