how to choose a good novel

I like reading more than any other things.I visit library ones in a week.One of the problem that I find in the starting is the difficulty to find a good novel.One of the most common requests librarians get is help in finding a “good book” to read. Since librarians love to read ourselves, we love to share our knowledge with others. But sometimes the librarian is busy helping someone else, and you may find yourself standing there surrounded by shelf after shelf of books and no idea how to go about selecting something to read. Here are a few tips to make things easier when you’re on your own and trying to find some good fiction.

If you know the name of an author or authors you like, the easiest thing to do first is to look for other books the author has written.Keep in mind that some authors write several types of fiction: mysteries, science fiction, romance or even westerns. You may not think you will like a type of fiction you’ve never read before, but follow the rest of these steps and you might be surprised by what you like.From news papers or other magazines you can find good authors or good novels report.

If you don’t have any authors in mind, you can start reading slowly through the shelves looking for titles that feels you interesting. Publishers and authors work hard to select titles that will grab the attention of readers – just as television producers try to pick names for TV shows that will hook viewers right away.

In some cases you will see books displayed “face out” with the cover showing rather than the spine of the book. This is a technique borrowed from bookstores, who know that cover art is one of the things that attracts or fails to attract readers. Since most of the books in the library are not displayed face out, when you pull off a book that has a title you like, take a look at the cover. Does it pull you in and make you want to open the book and learn more?

Almost all books that have not been rebound or lost their covers will contain a short summary of the plot either inside the cover on the flap, or on the back of the book. Read the summary and see if you find you want to read more. Some books will naturally sound more good to you than others.



Go ahead and read the first paragraph or two of the book. You may even want to open it and read a page or two from the middle of the story. Do you enjoy what you are reading? Is it interesting? Dull? Vivid? Difficult to understand? Some books require more effort to “get into” than others – and some just won’t seem as interesting to you once you start reading as you thought they would. All that’s OK unless it is a school assignment and you are required to read a specific book, reading should be a pleasure, not a chore! Pick something that pleases YOU, not something you feel you “ought” to like because someone else said it was good.

Along those same lines, do take a look at bestseller lists if being able to discuss new and popular titles is important to you, but keep in mind that for every book that makes the bestseller list, many, many wonderful books do not. Our library shelves are filled with great books that never made a bestseller list and that may not be brand new publications, but are very worth your consideration.

Finally, take your choices home and enjoy them and if you don’t enjoy them, bring them back and try something else.Be a good reader.