What book turned you into a reader?

[pipolaplaya]

It's not the first book I've enjoyed, but I clearly remember that reading Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was a turning point for me.
The cover was extremely simple, with the black title on a yellow background and the logo of the “Le Masque” collection. This made the whole thing very mysterious and left plenty of room for the imagination.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Alexander Dumas’ The Count of MonteCristo.
I used this as a reference for a book report back in HS. At first I was look for a classic that has been turned into a movie. At first there’s the obvious ones The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask but those were already taken. And when I red the I was in awe it was a hundred times better than the movie adaptation.

 

[pipolaplaya]

Alexander Dumas’ The Count of MonteCristo.
I used this as a reference for a book report back in HS. At first I was look for a classic that has been turned into a movie. At first there’s the obvious ones The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask but those were already taken. And when I red the I was in awe it was a hundred times better than the movie adaptation.

It's courageous because this one is a whopper

 

[Jimbo_McDumbo]

For me (recently) it was A People's History of the Vampire Uprising. Its World War Z, but with vampires instead. There's an interesting section in the book where vampires try to use the ADA act to sue their employers for firing them, since they can only work at night or need heavy modification to the buildings. And it works because the author actually has a law degree, so he really goes in depth

 

[Deleted member 179251]

As a child the Dead Famous Series used to be my favorite one.

They were like the first proper books I read, and they were very fun in telling lives of real life historical figures in a funny manner.
There was also a pocket book edition of the famous fairy tale "The Bremen Town Musicians" that I read when I was eight, and I absolutely loved it as well. I guess I would credit these two into making me a reader.

 

[PurpleShoes]

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

As a kid, I was so disinterested in reading, especially because all the books we read were written in extremely antiquated dialect, only about suffering, or just extremely blunt in their symbolism.
Then, one day we began reading MSK and my mind was blown! The characters were like me and my peers. They had anxieties, personality flaws, and pointed senses of humor! The book took place in my world, it felt so grounded and relatable and empathetic! One of the main characters even carried around a discman!
That experience opened my eyes to books being more than old sad people that you ought to feel really bad for because it's the intellectual thing to do.

 

[NobodyHere]

I have an off and on relationship with reading so I’d say there’s a couple

‘Robert Munch’ and ‘Goosebumps’ were the first (my Dad was very determined to get me into ‘The Hardy Boy’, never worked though). An I was introduced to comics through ‘Tintin’

Then at the start of middle school ‘LumberJanes’ and Shonen jump Magazines got me back into reading, also what really got me into manga and comics

Didn’t read for awhile (probably because of depression - I was going through a real rough spot at the time), until I discovered ‘Johnny got his Gun’

 

[Deleted member 257420]

Diary of a Farting Creeper, the succulent stench enraptured me and showed me the beauty of literacy.

 

[thumbsdown]

the stuff that actually turned me into a reader were comics like "turma da mônica", "mafalda", etc... child's books came naturally from that and later all the other books :)

 

[diet_orange]

Either Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, Garfield's Pet Force: The Outrageous Origin by Jim Davis, or Attack Of The Mutant by R.L. Stine

Was a very comic book inclined child and these kind of helped me easy into "actual" literature

 

[Jdan-S]

Discovering the Choose Your Own Adventure series got me hooked on interactive fiction. I've been reading (and playing) all sorts of titles from the same genre later on: Give Yourself Goosebumps, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, Frotz/Z-Machine, etc.

 

[Isegrim]

We had no videogames for a time when we were children and our first game would be a Pong console and that would get old pretty fast since that's all it could play. And course, the Internet was nonexistent.

Our parents bought books and two big encyclopedias for us to peruse. During that time, every family had at least one or more Encylopedias since movies and tv shows were not available at a moment's notice. With nothing better to do especially on rainy days, just reading a random entry or two from the encyclopedia was one of our pastimes. And naturally, that would instill in us a habit for reading. Even up to this day, I still prefer to consult a written article over the Internet than watch a video.