Discussion How do you find new stuff to read ?

How do you find new stuff to read ?

• Do you ask / look for recommendations ?
• Tinker around with the filters ?
• Look at the newly released page ?
• Click on random things and try them out ?
  
• Look at other works of the same translator ?
  
• Adaptation of manga/hua/hwa ?

 

There's always the random button and ocassionally I ask for recs, but mostly I just mess with filters for whatever I'm in the mood for.

 

Sounds about right.
Most often use the filter though

 

Yes

But mostly I tend to like certain authors style of writing. So I tend to swing by their sites to see if they have anything new. Which, let’s be honest can not be produced in a day. Sometimes it takes years. Than of course genre. I like a certain niche. So that makes it harder. Than I look for keywords that catch my attention. Than I check old books for updates or authors new books all over again. Than repeat or something like that

 

I ask my dog.

 

Check the latest updated novel title that interested me.

Sadly, most title I found interested with is BL in disguise.

 

the newly released page
then in webtoon the canvas comics have the collabs so i read one which appears frequently in such collabs,
then something famous i havent read yet,
adaptations etc

 

Did your dog recommend that book filled with Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof?

 

LMAO, I lurk in @Issis ’s nu profile bcs they actually put their stuff into reading list that my little brain can comprehend

 

Well my cat definitely got me a book with meow meow meow meow

 

That’s where most of the stuff I read is found or on tik tok or its a specific genre thing but I just browse the web mostly

 

Definitely not my To-Read list.

I always seem to read anything and everything besides the ones I put on that list.

 

Preach

 

I just read any shit which is complete or have lot of chapters and still going on

 

I sometimes look at the translator's other works, but I'm more likely to look at the author's other works. I also look at the "recommended" list on the novel page of novels I like. I have a saved search with a bunch of filters set that I go to once in a while to see if there's anything new worth checking out. Every once in a while I ask for recommendation on the forum, especially if I'm trying to scratch a particular itch.

 

• ask / look for recommendations
  • I like nu forums since u can search. But for western books been trying to use booktube for recommendations but it’s like wasting my time I could’ve spent on reading, and many just parrot reading same few books...

• Tinker around with the filters
• Look at the newly released page
• Look at other works of the same translator - I’ve only done this few times since there are some who just have novels on their site just not on nu yet
  
• Adaptation of manga/hua/hwa
  • To add to this one, anime & asian drama too

I use to also check whatever ridibooks events are promoting and mtl whatever cover & blurb catches my eyes and has free chapters, but it’s been overwhelming so lol

 

"Do you ask / look for recommendations ?"
There are some people who often have some good things to share, Tallrice have good lists on novelupdates. If it's western literature, then reddit has some good recommendations.

 

For English language novels, I like to see whether my favorite authors have a blog/website/social media and if they recommend any books by other authors. They often do!

 

Except for the oldest novels here, like 6+ years old, I have the rest in lists. I'd go over to my lists depending on what I feel like reading (BL, BG, Korean Male MC novel, etc) and click until I find an interesting synopsis. Then if I like the author's style and the novel was good, I'd look through the author's other works and read them as well.

 

This site novels rankings or translator other works or random updated novels