Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
It's easy to point to books on a predetermined list as being important to who you are as a person, but which books have truly shaped you?
Many readers have a preference for ebooks, physical books, or audiobooks. This reader recounts what led her away from physical books.
The book that made me feel less alone as a trans teen isn't one I would recommend it to trans or non-binary teens today.
I haven't found my happily ever after yet, but I can see what it looks like now. I have romance novels to thank for that.
How one reader went from a self-proclaimed "slow reader" to someone reading 100 books a year.
Meeting books where they are means getting to experience and enjoy so many different kinds of stories
15 years ago, I never would have believed I'd be reading a romance book out in the open. Thank you to Amish fiction for leading me here.
Were there any podcasts out there, other than S-Town, that feel like literary novels? I decided to start by looking at fiction podcasts.
There's something special about books I've waited a long time for; they remind me that every book I get to read is a gift.
Books that unpack the 90s have been emerging in recent years. Are they worth reading if you lived through that time? Yes.
