Sometimes the best way to find new material is to get recommendations. If your friends or family do not have suggestions, then you can rely on your local library.
One of the things we rely on is the best-seller list. If many people enjoy a book, you should probably have the opportunity to read it. We also use awards lists to choose some of the titles we purchase. You might find something on these lists to interest you.
Take a look at the Top 100 on Amazon.
One of the most avidly followed best-seller lists.
Top 150 sellers.
Find National Book Award Nominees and finalists as far back as 1950.
Awarded annually to an author who has produced “in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”
The Michigan Notable Books program annually selects 20 of the most notable books published in the year.
The winners of the 10th Annual goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.
The best in faith fiction.
The best mysteries from every year.
Best in Science Fiction
Best in the Romance genre, across a wide variety of sub-genres.
Awards for the best in the Western genre