Weekly Question- May 28 - Finding new books

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

How do you find out about new books? Is it from friends, social media, libraries, Goodreads, or somewhere else?

[Mandy]

I work at the public library as a children librarian. I order for all the children sections from board books to ya, including the manga and light novel sections. So I see a lot of new books.

I also see a lot of newsletters from publishers.

Fantasticfiction.com is also a great source.

[Pam]

Mostly from Podcasts, Goodreads, and the library new books shelf.

[Kendra]

I find new books through mentions here on Goodreads, or browsing the new books at the library/on OverDrive. Once in a blue moon I find one in the Canadian media.

[Denise]

Bookstores, book reviews, Shelf Awareness newsletter, a weekly newsletter from a small author-events business near my home, Goodreads.

[Bec]

Netgalley, friends recommendations and Goodreads (this group mostly!!).

[Anastasia]

Mostly from the Goodreads groups I belong to. I also browse the online libraries I am part of, CBC lists, and a news letter from TOR books.

[Siobhan]

I read a lot from the same authors, so generally I know when they have a new book coming out! Otherwise I get recs from a range of sources. One of my favourite authors is also a prolific reviewer so I pick a lot up from her, and I follow a few other reviewers on Goodreads who tend to make good recommendations!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I get ideas from Goodreads and my GR friends, also real-life friends. I also get emails from Book Bub, Book Riot, Literary Hub, and a couple of local bookstores. I subscribe to an excellent magazine called Bookmarks
https://www.bookmarksmagazine.com/
And I pick up the book fliers at libraries and independent bookstores.

This explains why I always have hundreds of books in the To Be Read Someday category - books I don't own but think I might like.

[Pamela, Arciform Mod]

Goodreads and Net Galley
Also I do read the NY Times book reviews
And there's a blog I love Go Fug Yourself (https://www.gofugyourself.com/) and they do a "what are you reading" post every few months that is always full of great recommendations.

[Sherri]

All the above. I also ask people what they are reading.

[Jennifer W]

New books as in newly published, I see browsing on GR and in group posts, and on Amazon (I have plenty of First Reads that I still haven't read!)
New to me books I find browsing at the library.

I don't usually read newly published books because almost all of my books come from the library and the hot books have long waits.

[Sheena]

Same as above! And I often go back through the older Goodreads Choice Awards list to see if there is anything that suits my mood (or prompt)

[Bana AZ]

Goodreads and Booktube. If I want something really recent, I look at BOTM.

Finding a booktuber with a similar taste as me really helps my reading goals!

[Misty]

Yes - all of the above. :) I get recommendations from GR groups - I've gotten many from here. I browse through bookstores. My daughter gives me lots of recommendations, friends, colleagues, strangers, literally anyone who will talk books with me! :) I sometimes see suggestions on Instagram or Facebook. Anything is fair game! :)