Which author started it all for you?

[nfdoughe]

I have been reading since I was very little. It was stories like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings that probably sealed my fate for me when I was thirteen. After that reading has just been part of life.

[tgoatley]

James Patterson books started my reading journey. I have loved all his books he has written.

[Betty Mike]

James Hadley Chase. Creating my own imaginations about crimes was exhilarating.

[PhyllisAnne]

Ironically, Dr. Seuss. I didn't have access to a lot of books growing up, but we did have a few Dr. Seuss books. I read those few books enough that I had them memorized word for word. He not only drew me into reading and getting lost in imagination but also story telling.

[Infinite I]

I guess it was Chetan Bhagat. I started reading his books while I was in school.

[slj3988]

Tolkien. The Hobbit was the first book I read cover to cover. Since then, I've been hooked on collecting books. I need another shelf

[Natalia Kavale]

Rudyard Kipling with his' The Jungle Book. I read it countless of times when I was in primary school. It was the only English book available at home that was not a textbook. That was of course until high school when realised that I could actually borrow any kind book from the school library.

[Nichole Kurns]

I always like to read but the author that started my love for reading was Toni Morrison.

[Candles]

I've always enjoyed reading but I'd say it was George Orwell that really made me love reading. I think 1984 was the first story I read that really shocked me. I didn't read as much in uni, and then I picked up Animal Farm and found my love of reading again.

[NovaFly]

Lauren Child, my love of books started with "Charlie and Lola" and "Clarice Bean".

[Twylla]

I was 6 years old and my mother took me to the public library where she picked out Heidi for me to read. Johanna Spyri was the author. I haven't stopped reading since.

[btkeaton]

S.E. Hinton and her book The Outsiders. I read it sometime in the late 1980s, it would've been 1988-1989 or thereabouts, but I remember it was the first time that a book actually moved me.

[SurroundedByBooks]

Ursula Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea. I can’t remember exactly how old I was when I picked it up (sometime in primary school) but it made me realise an entire world can exist in between the covers of a book.

I read The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster around the same time.

After those two books I wanted to read everything.

[leareiler]

I have two. The first is J.K. Rowling, who I first read in 4th grade and who kick-started my intense love for reading and young-adult novels etc. And the second is Jane Austen, who catalyzed my love for classic English literature.

[Carolreads30]

I can't remember a time when I didn't love to read. There are two books that stand out in my memory: On The Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume. I think I read every book I could get my hands on by both authors. I haven't stopped reading since. I enjoy legal thrillers (ex. John Grisham), suspense/horror (ex. Stephen King, Dean Koontz), and historical romance (ex. Mary Balogh) the most but am not adverse to a good biography (loved the story of Ozzy Osbourne), general fiction, or reading for knowledge.

I had forgotten about Judy Blume. My youngest daughter loved her books and although she struggled with reading, she enjoyed those books.