How did you become a bookworm?

Tell us how you got into reading, what or who inspired you. Was it a book you read one day, a mentor, teacher? etc...

Books180

Answers363

Readers145

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	6,014 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	3,963 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.04	2,252 reads
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	4.12	4,422 reads
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	3.84	771 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.89	2,105 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.97	305 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.14	453 reads
Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne	3.76	66 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.04	762 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.63	1,452 reads
The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton	3.68	436 reads
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot	3.64	189 reads
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton	3.94	970 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.83	430 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.77	1,170 reads
City of Bones Cassandra Clare	3.58	1,130 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.97	2,036 reads
Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	4.11	228 reads
The Merchant of Death D.J. MacHale	3.71	96 reads
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.82	157 reads
1984 George Orwell	4.21	4,762 reads
Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice	3.76	699 reads
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger	3.59	2,371 reads
Search for Senna Katherine Applegate	4.07	25 reads
The Long Walk Stephen King	3.79	403 reads
Off to Be the Wizard Scott Meyer	3.92	229 reads
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe	4.2	345 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.61	1,951 reads
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy	3.91	138 reads
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.22	246 reads
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	3.77	203 reads
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.31	650 reads
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas	3.71	2,107 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.99	1,798 reads
The Capture Kathryn Lasky	3.71	63 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.17	144 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	4,657 reads
Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams	3.9	39 reads
Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz	3.63	187 reads
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	3.98	581 reads
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	4.01	1,340 reads
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	4.27	1,775 reads
The Secret of the Old Clock Carolyn Keene	3.88	111 reads
Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	4.1	714 reads
Beyond the Deepwoods Paul; Riddell Stewart	4.17	45 reads
Welcome to Dead House R.L. Stine 노은정 (Translator)	3.47	70 reads
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown	3.54	2,045 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4.08	96 reads
Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8 Mary Pope Osborne	0	0 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.91	66 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.08	540 reads
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar	4.12	134 reads
Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky	3.17	16 reads
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol	3.76	53 reads
Support Your Local Wizard Diane Duane	4	3 reads
Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel (Translator)	3.99	813 reads
Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! Terry Brooks	3.57	85 reads
Study Bible-ESV-Celtic Imprint Design Crossway Bibles	0	0 reads
Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen	4	13 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.72	350 reads
Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper	3.64	108 reads
Ready Player One Ernest Cline	3.95	2,571 reads
The Field Guide Tony DiTerlizzi Holly Black	3.67	135 reads
Treasure Island Treasure Island Angela Wilkes	5	1 read
Through Wolf's Eyes Jane Lindskold	3.94	21 reads
Fallen Lauren Kate	3.12	229 reads
I Am Legend Richard Matheson	3.93	560 reads
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	4	301 reads
The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams	3.75	220 reads
Dawn Octavia E. Butler	4.04	219 reads
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	4.06	798 reads
The House on the Cliff Franklin W. Dixon	3.59	21 reads
Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	3.58	53 reads
The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	4.45	1,984 reads
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	3.58	862 reads
Five on a Treasure Island Enid Blyton	3.54	48 reads
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dan Sociu (Translator)	3.76	713 reads
Les fourmis Bernard Werber	3.88	15 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.89	901 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.05	29 reads
Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey	4.16	118 reads
The Mask Dean Koontz	3.33	18 reads
Foundation Isaac Asimov	3.99	1,337 reads
Stay Out of the Basement R.L. Stine	3.52	48 reads
Arthur and the Minimoys Luc Besson Άννα Μαράντη (Translator)	5	1 read
Isabel Carolyn Meyer	3.4	8 reads
Cookie Jacqueline Wilson	0	0 reads
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie	4.25	1,409 reads
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo Laurence Yep	3	9 reads
Shadow Castle Marian Cockrell	4.5	1 read
Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	3.99	538 reads
Monster Blood R.L. Stine	3.78	39 reads
Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	3.88	1,255 reads
Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	3.87	183 reads
The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Gerald Morris	4.5	13 reads
Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl	3.8	206 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,639 reads
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien	4.38	2,964 reads
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds	3.86	284 reads