How To Choose A Book | 6 Tips For Your Next Bookstore Haul

In the modern-day consumeristic world, reading has become an inseparable part of our everyday lives as we consume an abundance of reading materials from online content to novels. But when it comes to reading for pleasure, how can we sort through the endless options available to us?

Here, we will take a look closer at different types of books and how you can use this simple guideline to help you choose the best book to read next.

Find Something From Your Favorite Author

If you are struggling to find something to read, the easiest way to find a book you will enjoy is to choose from the books written by your favorite author. You will likely enjoy their writing as the theme, style, and sound are already familiar to you.

Brainstorm A Book Wishlist 

Do you have a reading list? Your list does not need to be fancy, but it should be a book that you can relate to in your current life situation. As this will often change, choose books that you can relate to with relevance to your stress level, mood, curiosity, and interests. You can take inspiration from book newsletters, people around you, and reading blogs.

Pick a Random Book From the Store

Although online stores have mostly replaced physical stores, there is nothing better than strolling into a bookstore or library. Looking at and feeling the books will help you instinctively choose something enjoyable to read. Ask an employee to refer to something from a genre you enjoy reading if in doubt.

Choose Your Books Carefully

Books entice us with their beautiful covers, exciting summaries, and relatability to our emotions and needs when buying them. Buying too many at once means we may finish a few and no longer relate to the books we chose in bulk. Instead, buy one or two books to read and complete those before buying more.

Don’t Be Afraid Not to Finish

Often you read several pages and simply don't enjoy the book. Instead of wasting time trying to read the book, rather put it down and read another. Reading should be a meaningful and enjoyable process and you don't have to enjoy every book.

Quality Over Quantity

When creating a comprehensive reading list, it is easy to become overwhelmed and unmotivated. Reading then moves from a pleasurable experience to a chore. Instead of trying to read a large number of books, aim to read at your own rhythm and pace. This will improve the quality of your reading.

Book Notes to Remember

As you can see, picking out the right books is incredibly important as you want to choose books that you will enjoy and that will resonate with you. To do this you will need to trust your feelings and intuition — and connect your reading with your current emotional state, needs, and wants.

It is also essential to learn to view reading as an enjoyable activity and not a chore. This will help develop a healthy relationship with reading, assisting you to find books that meet your expectations and enhance your reading experience to its fullest.