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's iconthumbsdown]

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.

 

[strawberry29]

when i was 13 the book that made me read more is dork dairies, i had the part where nikki teaches you tips on your dairy while reading her story but that didn't lasted until i came across oxford dictionary, the book that made me a total bookworm

 

[Deleted member 906485]

Erotica.

 

[Adachi_08]

Boredom and a book about Half-Life series development.

 

[Bandini]

This is the one that started it all for me. I was 10 years old. First book I read completely. Since then I never stopped reading. Now I am a volunteer at a local public library here in Argentina.

This is the translated version that I actally read back then

 

[Badseed Badseed]

Playboy Magazine. OF COURSE I only read it for the articles

 

[pinetreeneedle56]

The Eragon series is what really made me appreciate books, and reading (period!)

 

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[Crashbandi]

This wasmy favorite Disney movie as a kid. One day I was in the school library and saw there was a book and got it immediately. didn't realize until after I finished the rest of the series there was a book before it.

 

[zacharinolongpants]

When I was in middle school, I read novelizations of Doom and Diablo (lmao) and your typical stock high fantasy stuff. These old goofy novels were entertaining and immersive to me so I kinda got hooked around then. Then, in high school some of my teachers and older friends started putting me on to more idiosyncratic and less genre specific authors covering themes I was wanting more of as I was getting older ha.

 

[Wechseln]

I was a huge reader back in my childhood thanks to the sheer amount of books in my school library but lost the habit after the nice old lady that took care of the place retired, it just wasn't the same anymore.

I got back to it in highschool when I found a few of the X-Files novels in the library, I was a huge fan of the show so I read them all the time during recess, they aren't that good, but I'm very fond of them as they pretty much reignited my love for books as a form of entertainment.

 

[Luxfin]

Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, Cat in the Hat, One of the Nancy Drew books, and The Time Machine.

 

[Viyon]

The Count of Monte Cristo
I was in elementary school and we had to read a book for the summer, we got a list of 20 something titles and while everyone wanted to read easy books, I stumbled upon this 1000+ pages titan and I really wanted to overcome that, my teacher even advised against but I had already set my eyes on it, it was already too late. So I got my first book from the local library and it got me hooked, I absolutely loved the story and the characters, and it's still my favourite book 20 years later, some years ago I got a newer edition that was re-translated in my language and still reread it from time to time.

 

[Mopeybloke]

The Lord of the Rings did it about 20 years ago. However, I've since become again not a reader.