I'm skeptical of the loss of the novel. Of late, I've started reading more than I have in years. I'm trying to find new authors and subject matter, and also rev

I'm skeptical of the loss of the novel. Of late, I've started reading more than I have in years. I'm trying to find new authors and subject matter, and also revisiting some old favorites. Still, there is a huge problem: discoverability of new authors. This is a problem in lots of areas, but I feel like it's particularly bad here. There are many new authors trying new things but how to find them amid a sea of rough drafts that should never have been published? Most of the time when I try a recent new author's work I am greeted with something that reads like fanfic. Then there's AI slop, which is apparently flooding Kindle thanks to grifting influencers like (apparently) Andrew Tate teaching people how to do this. That's only going to make it harder. Wondering how people here look for new authors. The best I've found has been to look in certain genres or subject areas of interest, look for up-and-coming works, then read a sample. I can usually dismiss trash within a few pages. But it's still time consuming.