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...

Books186

Answers378

Readers154

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.28	6,425 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	4,266 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.05	2,404 reads
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	4.11	4,745 reads
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	3.84	814 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.9	2,221 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.98	318 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.13	473 reads
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton	3.95	1,026 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.03	789 reads
The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton	3.71	464 reads
Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne	3.76	70 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.63	1,564 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.96	2,154 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.76	1,243 reads
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot	3.65	193 reads
City of Bones Cassandra Clare	3.58	1,198 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.8	466 reads
Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice	3.77	736 reads
Welcome to Dead House R.L. Stine 노은정 (Translator)	3.46	75 reads
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger	3.6	2,554 reads
Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	4.09	234 reads
The Merchant of Death D.J. MacHale	3.71	102 reads
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.86	175 reads
1984 George Orwell	4.21	5,145 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4.04	100 reads
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe	4.2	366 reads
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren Florence Lamborn (Translator)	4.01	184 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.62	2,132 reads
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.23	250 reads
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.29	678 reads
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	3.79	220 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.98	1,911 reads
The Capture Kathryn Lasky	3.66	66 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.17	149 reads
Off to Be the Wizard Scott Meyer	3.95	248 reads
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas	3.71	2,248 reads
Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams	3.9	40 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.43	4,976 reads
Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz	3.65	206 reads
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	4.01	1,434 reads
The Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3.9	135 reads
Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	4.11	762 reads
Beyond the Deepwoods Paul Stewart Chris Riddell	4.08	51 reads
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	4.26	1,875 reads
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown	3.55	2,186 reads
Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper	3.61	114 reads
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	3.98	644 reads
Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8 Mary Pope Osborne	0	0 reads
The Secret of the Old Clock Carolyn Keene	3.88	114 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.07	576 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.92	70 reads
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar	4.14	140 reads
Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky	3.17	16 reads
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol	3.74	55 reads
Search for Senna Katherine Applegate	4.07	25 reads
The Long Walk Stephen King	3.8	441 reads
Study Bible-ESV-Celtic Imprint Design Crossway Bibles	0	0 reads
Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen	4.08	14 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.7	369 reads
Ready Player One Ernest Cline	3.96	2,771 reads
The Field Guide Tony DiTerlizzi Holly Black	3.68	137 reads
Treasure Island Treasure Island Angela Wilkes	5	1 read
Through Wolf's Eyes Jane Lindskold	3.94	21 reads
Fallen Lauren Kate	3.1	242 reads
I Am Legend Richard Matheson	3.94	599 reads
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	3.99	314 reads
The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams	3.75	229 reads
Dawn Octavia E. Butler	4.05	257 reads
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl	4.05	841 reads
Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke	3.88	86 reads
The House on the Cliff Franklin W. Dixon	3.59	21 reads
Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	3.58	54 reads
The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	4.45	2,135 reads
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	3.59	908 reads
Five on a Treasure Island Enid Blyton	3.53	51 reads
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dan Sociu (Translator)	3.76	740 reads
The Doll People Ann M. Martin	4.43	22 reads
Les fourmis Bernard Werber	4	16 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.89	970 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.05	30 reads
Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey	4.12	125 reads
The Mask Dean Koontz	3.36	20 reads
Foundation Isaac Asimov	3.99	1,450 reads
Stay Out of the Basement R.L. Stine	3.5	51 reads
Arthur and the Minimoys Luc Besson Άννα Μαράντη (Translator)	3	1 read
Isabel Carolyn Meyer	3.4	8 reads
Cookie Jacqueline Wilson	0	0 reads
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie	4.25	1,510 reads
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo Laurence Yep	3	9 reads
Shadow Castle Marian Cockrell	4.25	2 reads
Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	3.98	572 reads
Cirque Du Freak Darren Shan	3.63	86 reads
Monster Blood R.L. Stine	3.8	43 reads
Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	3.87	1,335 reads
Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	3.84	192 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Mannheim (Translator)	4.19	297 reads
The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Gerald Morris	4.5	13 reads
Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl	3.81	216 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.03	1,745 reads