I use monster cards and pick the ones I'm going to use before the session. There are several decks available, 1 with NPC and beasts, a deck with CR 0-5 monsters from the monster manual, a CR 6-16 deck, a epic deck with CR 16+ legendary monsters, a Volo's deck and a mordenkainens deck.
Here's the basic decks that I use:
https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Cards-Bundle-Including-Challenge/dp/B07KJFS9VM
There are also spell cards, a deck for each class, a deck for racial abilities and feats, a deck for magic items. Spell book cards are really useful to give to your players so they aren't constantly flipping through the manual looking for their spells.