I was a member of a “horse book club” when I was young, so a lot of those probably (about 150 pages/each). First “long” novel was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. I think. Can’t remember, which is so sad 🙁
The first book I read myself was one of the Ladybird books my mum used to buy for me and was called ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’. The first ‘novel’ I read would have been an Enid Blyton, for definite…probably ‘The Hollow Tree House’. That is the book I remember taking camping with me when I was 6!
Think I was obsessed with them from fourth to seventh grade. Had to read every single one. I guess I would say they made be become the reader that I am now.
Well, I don’t really remember the first novel I have ever read. It’s just that I had a book slump for years and the novel that brought me back to reading (about 3 or 4 years ago) was Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. Thankfully, since then, I’ve never stopped reading and my passion for reading has grown wilder ☺
Little Women! I was in 4th grade and required to do a book report. All the so-called “age appropriate” books looked boring so against my teachers advice I chose this classic. I rocked that report.
When i was little my parents read a lot to me when i learnt to read, at school, 5 or 6 years old, i remember my mother bought me a collection of Aesop fables and a collection with all the Greek gods, goddesses and mythology, a big red book, i loved it so much that i was sleeping with it, i tried to paint in a sketchbook the figures of the gods and the sceneries in the book, too. ? My father bought me Robison Crusoe which was his favorite book as a child and that was it. I never stopped reading ever since. Books, comics … everything ?
I was always forced to read books every summer when I was in elementary school. I don’t really recall my first novel. I think it may have been aquamarine. Maybe. But, the Twilight Series was the first book/series that made me really fall in love with reading when I was in middle school.
Me too! It made me fall in love with reading❤ my sister brought them for us to read together, I would read it first then she would?I’ll never forget it.!
Can’t remember what came first.. Jane Eyre or the whole R.L. Stine/Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew binge reading. Or The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Or Anne Rice’s novels. Or Dragon by Clive Cussler. Or Lightning by Dean Koontz. Or Christine by Stephen King. -dizzy-
I have a story on that, when I was in my first year at school I couldn’t learn how to read, the more I was pushed by my parents and teachers the more closed I became, reading seemed like a large mountain in front of me. According to my parents, close to the end of the school year when I was about to repeat a year because of my reading problems, one day they suddenly heard me reading aloud a book, apparently it was ‘The children of noisy village’ by Astrid Lindgren. So from not reading at all I suddenly jumped into quite a classic reading and I believe that was my first book!
I forgot! Interview with a Vampire in sixth grade! I almost got suspended for it due to the “adult content” lol then about a week later they forced me to go to sex ed….?
My first books were the silver brumby series, after that was jaws and the tommy knockers. I bounced around a bit trying to find my genre. Never really decided. I believe the Harry Potter series was in there too.
Black Beauty. ?
I was a member of a “horse book club” when I was young, so a lot of those probably (about 150 pages/each). First “long” novel was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. I think. Can’t remember, which is so sad 🙁
I want to read the Harry Potter books so badly, but i never do☹️
I loved a series called The Boxcar Children. The first “real”novel was probably Huckleberry Finn
The count of Monte Cristo…
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The Alchemist 🙂
Hey mine was Alchemist too!!!
By Michael Scott? I just got it is it any good?
Twilight
Twilight got me back into reading?
Special relationship by douglas kennedy (my first novel in english)
Collection of Aesop’s Fables.
Twilight
The first book I read myself was one of the Ladybird books my mum used to buy for me and was called ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’. The first ‘novel’ I read would have been an Enid Blyton, for definite…probably ‘The Hollow Tree House’. That is the book I remember taking camping with me when I was 6!
The 1st novel i read was by Enid Blyton but i cant remember the title whatsoever
Sweet Valley High
i used to read that in my teens .Read quite a lot of them from my school library in Bahrain
Think I was obsessed with them from fourth to seventh grade. Had to read every single one. I guess I would say they made be become the reader that I am now.
@Misty Thats gr8 .
I loved that series!
Nancy Drew
Glad to see something from my time!!!
Well, I don’t really remember the first novel I have ever read. It’s just that I had a book slump for years and the novel that brought me back to reading (about 3 or 4 years ago) was Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark. Thankfully, since then, I’ve never stopped reading and my passion for reading has grown wilder ☺
That’s a good book read it years ago but it definitely is a page turner
Indeed 😉
Little Women! I was in 4th grade and required to do a book report. All the so-called “age appropriate” books looked boring so against my teachers advice I chose this classic. I rocked that report.
Little women was my first as well..5th grade book report!
i did the same lol 😛
Matilda
Enid Blyton Enchanted Tree series
Percy Jackson
The Vampire Diaries, bc I was obsessed with the show
first novel Le petit chose – Alphonse Daudet. first English novel was Palomino Danielle Steel
Chronicles of Narnia
Though to be fair… there’s a picture of a toddler me trying to read an encyclopedia sideways. That count?
I can’t remember. My life is divided in “pre-harry Potter” ( or dark ages) and ” post Harry Potter ” ( Renaissance)
Lol YES!
Palomino, Danielle Steel
Harry Potter, although I read tons of series when I was a kid that’s the most significant one.
Anne Perry’s Pitt series.
Harry Potter series
When i was little my parents read a lot to me when i learnt to read, at school, 5 or 6 years old, i remember my mother bought me a collection of Aesop fables and a collection with all the Greek gods, goddesses and mythology, a big red book, i loved it so much that i was sleeping with it, i tried to paint in a sketchbook the figures of the gods and the sceneries in the book, too. ?
My father bought me Robison Crusoe which was his favorite book as a child and that was it.
I never stopped reading ever since.
Books, comics … everything ?
Little Women my grandmother gave it to me
My dad gave me lasie come home
Harry Potter
Does Dear America count or R.L Stine
I read R.L Stine as well so am counting it ?
I don’t know. I have been a reader my whole life practically.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Stephen King’s Christine ?
Probably The Little Princess or The Secret Garden.
I don’t remember that far back lol.
I think mine were the sweet Valley high and goosebumps
And also the Sweet Valley Twins ?
Little House on the Prairie series.
That show was my childhood
gone with the wind
Little House on the Prairie
Harry Potter
Conan the Cimmerian fell in love with a barbarian lol
Sorry I have to say it was not Twilight but Harry Potter that started it all
I’m right there with you
I read novels as a kid but the first novels I read as a teenager were twilight
James and the giant peach
Queen of the damned
Pet cemetery
Matilda
The witch
The BFG
Goosebumps
Most of Stephen King
I recently read his misery book it was fantastic ??
Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Then Lord of the rings.
Babysitters club/ Nancy Drew
OMG I forgot about those…I used to read them too…lol
I loved loved loved Babysitters Club!
A biography in Spanish.
I was always forced to read books every summer when I was in elementary school. I don’t really recall my first novel. I think it may have been aquamarine. Maybe. But, the Twilight Series was the first book/series that made me really fall in love with reading when I was in middle school.
Me too! It made me fall in love with reading❤ my sister brought them for us to read together, I would read it first then she would?I’ll never forget it.!
The series is also the only series I’ve re-read. Well I have another series I’m planning to re-read, but still.
Divergent
I struggled with the 2nd and 3rd book. Couldn’t get into it!
Jane Eyre.
Can’t remember what came first.. Jane Eyre or the whole R.L. Stine/Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew binge reading. Or The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Or Anne Rice’s novels. Or Dragon by Clive Cussler. Or Lightning by Dean Koontz. Or Christine by Stephen King. -dizzy-
It’s on my kindle waiting to be read!
Charlie and the chocolate factory
That would be a great book!!! I didn’t realise it was a novel first ?
that I can remember…Trixie Beldon
The Clan of the Cave Bear 🙂
The Lord of the rings as in series and The Jurassic Park was my first big book
They would be great books to read!
I have a story on that, when I was in my first year at school I couldn’t learn how to read, the more I was pushed by my parents and teachers the more closed I became, reading seemed like a large mountain in front of me. According to my parents, close to the end of the school year when I was about to repeat a year because of my reading problems, one day they suddenly heard me reading aloud a book, apparently it was ‘The children of noisy village’ by Astrid Lindgren. So from not reading at all I suddenly jumped into quite a classic reading and I believe that was my first book!
Beautiful ??❤
Mine would have to be the Fear Street books
Memoria
I forgot! Interview with a Vampire in sixth grade! I almost got suspended for it due to the “adult content” lol then about a week later they forced me to go to sex ed….?
The fuck
Exactly. The two things were unrelated but I couldn’t believe the hypocrisy.
At least they should teach you why it was wrong, other than just existing. I hope they, at least, taught you real stuff n not apstinence
No don’t worry they taught me just enough to get pregnant at age 16 and drop out of school. ?? great job!
-.-
Well that’s awful. I hope you are doing well reading all the books you want
Yup
My first books were the silver brumby series, after that was jaws and the tommy knockers. I bounced around a bit trying to find my genre. Never really decided. I believe the Harry Potter series was in there too.
Flowers in the Attic
R.L. Stine’s goosebumps, the boxcar children, Nancy Drew, and R.L. Stine and Christopher pikes young adult books.
Lynsay Sands Love Bites the Argeneau series.
Black beauty, Harry Potter and the Diary of Anne Frank
I loved reading about Anne Frank!
Famous five Enid blyton!
The boxcar children books, little women, eight cousins … but the one I remember as my first ❤️ was The outsiders.
The Babysitters Club
And sweet valley high!
Part of Harry Potter book one
I think also junie b jones and babysitters club and goosebumps and navy drew and the treehouse clib
Those books are from my childhood!
Yes!
Alchemist