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How I Find Great Books to Read
Book recommendations from authors, email lists, best-seller lists and more
I’ve been reading a lot of books since a few years ago — I estimate on average about a book a week for the past few years. And I get asked a lot by my friends and colleagues who know about my reading habit on how I find these books to read. I thought I’d share my tips on how I find books to read below:
Good books refer to other books (I would estimate about 10% of the books I read are from other books)
In my experience, with the books I read (mostly non-fiction), authors are often referring to or quoting from other books. When that happens, I note the other book and while it does not always interest me, I can look back at my notes to figure out what books to read next. But what if you are reading books that do not do that? Look at some great books, what I would call ‘index books’ — these include Tim Ferriss’ Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors and my future book on Essential Habits where I refer to numerous sources (not just books, courses and videos as well).
