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...

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Readers111

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	4,264 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.29	2,798 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.04	1,605 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.96	229 reads
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins	4.1	3,151 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.16	336 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.87	1,477 reads
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	3.87	550 reads
Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne	3.87	47 reads
City of Bones Cassandra Clare	3.6	808 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.02	534 reads
Princess Diaries Meg Cabot Patricia Cabot	3.64	132 reads
The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton	3.68	291 reads
Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce	4.1	167 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.96	1,428 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.61	1,000 reads
Interview With The Vampire Anne Rice	3.81	489 reads
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger	3.62	1,737 reads
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik	3.95	434 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.77	847 reads
The Capture Kathryn Lasky	3.71	41 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.19	102 reads
Beyond the Deepwoods Paul; Riddell Stewart	4.02	32 reads
Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb	4.1	515 reads
Tailchaser's Song Tad Williams	4.04	34 reads
Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landy	3.92	101 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	3.96	62 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	3,297 reads
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan	4.01	984 reads
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar	4.11	102 reads
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol	3.69	39 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.09	365 reads
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller	4.26	1,279 reads
Dragons of Autumn Twilight Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman	3.75	129 reads
Search for Senna Katherine Applegate	4.19	15 reads
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton	3.96	692 reads
The Long Walk Stephen King	3.79	282 reads
The Invasion K.A. Applegate	3.85	52 reads
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson	4.61	1,368 reads
Off to Be the Wizard Scott Meyer	3.89	169 reads
Into the Wild Erin Hunter	3.73	112 reads
Night of the Living Dummy R.L. Stine	3.22	47 reads
Quarter Share Nathan Lowell	4	30 reads
Kristina Carolyn Meyer	3.5	4 reads
The Blue Sword Robin McKinley	3.86	65 reads
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson	4.23	393 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.07	974 reads
San Goku Akira Toriyama	4.03	41 reads
Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce	3.97	105 reads
Storm Front Jim Butcher	3.72	726 reads
Support Your Local Wizard Diane Duane	4	3 reads
Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami Philip Gabriel (Translator)	3.94	569 reads
Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! Terry Brooks	3.59	63 reads
Study Bible-ESV-Celtic Imprint Design Crossway Bibles	0	0 reads
Sister Light, Sister Dark Jane Yolen	4.17	7 reads
Welcome to Dead House R.L. Stine 노은정 (Translator)	3.47	55 reads
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens	3.78	55 reads
Over Sea, Under Stone Susan Cooper	3.65	72 reads
Ready Player One Ernest Cline	3.93	1,834 reads
Magic Tree House Collection, Books 1-8 Mary Pope Osborne	0	0 reads
Vampire Academy Richelle Mead	3.78	58 reads
Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky	3.08	11 reads
Treasure Island Treasure Island Angela Wilkes	5	1 read
Through Wolf's Eyes Jane Lindskold	4	13 reads
Fallen Lauren Kate	3.06	180 reads
I Am Legend Richard Matheson	3.94	399 reads
Ella Enchanted (Ella Enchanted #1) Gail Carson Levine	3.97	200 reads
Dawn Octavia E. Butler	4.01	166 reads
Le Morte D'Arthur Sir Thomas Malory	3.63	44 reads
The House on the Cliff Franklin W. Dixon	3.5	16 reads
The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkien	4.45	1,373 reads
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover	3.63	612 reads
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia Dan Sociu (Translator)	3.74	526 reads
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown	3.53	1,462 reads
Les fourmis Bernard Werber	3.88	11 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.88	636 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri Eileen Hall (Translator)	4.17	21 reads
Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey	4.23	84 reads
The mask Dean Koontz	3.43	11 reads
The Merchant of Death D.J. MacHale	3.56	61 reads
Stay Out of the Basement R.L. Stine	3.39	36 reads
Isabel Carolyn Meyer	3.33	5 reads
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie	4.24	979 reads
Lady of Ch'iao Kuo Laurence Yep	3	7 reads
1984 George Orwell	4.2	3,344 reads
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett	4.2	176 reads
Shadow Castle Marian Cockrell	4.5	1 read
Gardens of the Moon Steven Erikson	3.96	405 reads
Monster Blood R.L. Stine	3.78	32 reads
Throne of Glass Sarah J. Maas	3.9	841 reads
Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey	3.9	134 reads
The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Gerald Morris	4.33	8 reads
Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl	3.73	151 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.04	1,152 reads
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien	4.38	2,072 reads
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds	3.82	195 reads
The big big big book of Tashi Anna Fienberg	5	1 read
The Witching Hour Anne Rice	3.83	88 reads
Homeland R. A. Salvatore	3.93	146 reads
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.84	303 reads