The Torah scrolls were taken out and unrolled so I could read from them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to read out in the hall with other people. My sister gave me a Star magazine, but the nurses took it away to read themselves.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was in the first grade, and my teacher, Miss Cook, always chose me to read aloud when the principal came into the classroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“One should be allowed to dance if one wishes to. And read Greek poetry, and make use of human excrement for the beautification of God’s earth.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I would like to have read every single one, if I’d had the time. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mostly I stay in the house. I go to services. I read and play the organ for Mrs. Cobb in the afternoons.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It is a particularly funny thing to read human traits in animals, especially in apes and monkeys, where it is so easy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

By then I’d read Chancellor Williams, J. A. Rogers, and John Jackson—writers central to the canon of our new noble history. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Certainly I can. Many people can do that” "Not most people. I cannot It is very good that you know how to read and write, very good. You might even need the incantations.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if he can read it on my face? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Frank didn’t read, and we didn’t have a lot to talk about except what was bothering us. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Shan raised her eyebrows, an expression Ifemelu could not read, and she feared that she had been too gushing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was easier just to go to the library and read. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No. I read about it. But I think I already knew, somewhere inside. It didn’t shock me when I found out. It was more like a confirmation.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he gave Kainene the article, she read it carefully, with her eyes narrowed, and afterward told him, “Very fierce.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her will took hold again and she lay still while Tom read bits out of the Almanac to soothe her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid I’ve waited so long, Missus Stein will have lost interest or forgotten why she even agreed to read it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tushman took the Post-it, read it quickly, and handed it to my parents. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of the first day, the charter was read aloud, section by section, to the people in English, Sesotho, and Xhosa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them are hungry right now, while you’re reading this. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those people I wrote and read letters for seemed as innocent as Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael sat reading his father’s words in the cedar tree; he was rereading them when Hatsue, in her coat and scarf, ducked in and sat down on the moss beside him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brian’s reading the titles on the spines of books on the shelves like he’s going to be tested on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

People can read it and not get the feeling that anything terrible will happen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She is too smart and I am as easy to read as a Frog and Toad story. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Akimi, “from the way Mr. Lemoncello was just winking, either somebody kicked a bucket of sand in his face or our recommended reading list is another clue.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He put on his reading glasses again and started flipping through another small book. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s my favorite book, too. I’ve read it at least five myself.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Mind you, he did look ill, last time I saw him up close,” said Harry slowly, still reading the story. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I read the next line: I’ve been carrying luggage and pouring tea just to make money so my family can eat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Harry made to follow him, but found his path blocked as Percy Weasley strode into the lift, his nose buried in some papers he was reading. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I insist. The more Poe you read, the more familiar his language will be.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“How about I go and get some books for us to read? Shall we have a quiet story time?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Done in the Light of the Lord," he read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I longed to ask if she had been a mother, but I dared not She, however, seemed to read my thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“A Pattern of Architecture,”’ she read out loud. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And whereas the Prince spent his life in physically following the hunt, Count Rugen read and studied anything he could get his hands on dealing with the subject of Distress. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The gesture of pleading, the caption had read. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Nico studied her like he was reading a menu, deciding whether or not to order. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You look it up. I learned it by reading and preparing myself for the production of great literature. So you do the same.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really, my mom can read the newspaper in fifteen minutes and tell me baseball scores, the location of every war, the latest guy to win the Lottery, and the high temperature in Des Moines, Iowa. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He started reading once more, and said without looking at her, “Again: why the frustration?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he looked down at the book and resumed his reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There are still blank pages at the back, but before them is a page that reads DEADLINE, followed by a date that’s only six days away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Nah, man. You reading too much into this. This battle got you all jittery.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The boa constrictor jabbed its tail at the sign again and Harry read on: This specimen was bred in the zoo. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a muffled voice reading something in the courtroom. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Resentment grew in him as he read post after post. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In addition to attending protests over the murder at the Duke Chapel, he began reading about a branch of Catholicism called “liberation theology,” which Archbishop Romero had been preaching. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I push myself hard to count all the words so I can read. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His love, she told him, “makes the happiness of my life more & more every day’ Charles read the letter and cried. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then I had added to the warnings of my teachers what I’d learned about PG County through reporting and reading the papers. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Emma’s smart and widely read brother attended seances, communed with spirit guides, and collected photographs that seemed to show ghosts and spirits. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, you're shy about public speaking, but how does that apply to writing down the answers? If you can read, then you can write, right?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Words were etched on the glass; Thomas could barely read them: Let this half-shank be a warning to all: You can't escape through the Box Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I tried to read a bit of it.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sister read Doña Laura's note explaining that this was an offertory bank, and everyone got to work a penny in the cloud and watch the little figure rise. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be studying me, reading me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I took the sealed rectangles and turned them over to read the hand-printed labels. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He listened to what people said, and he and Emma continued to think, read, and talk about the subject. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, as well as reading about those faraway animals, I also watched the wild creatures near my home—squirrels and birds and all kinds of insects. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I read through the application and rules for applying as I imagined myself on the cover of my own cookbook. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because I was the writing teacher, it was automatically assumed that I had read every leather-bound volume in the Library of Classics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And now Ms. Hardwick is reading another boring book in class, and April hasn’t smiled at you since the lunchroom brawl. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I didn't mean that. I meant—I didn't know you were interested in reading." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For Elizebeth and her team, most of these ciphers were easy to break—and once they were broken, even a trainee code breaker could read other messages sent using the same system. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think it’s fiction, great. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled around the television, putting on his brown horn-rimmed glasses to read tags, then taking them off to see what was written on the back of the cabinet. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stand for a moment and read the other comments. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

From then on if she caught me reading, she would call me lazy and set me to a task or send me off to the village on an errand. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d have to get started if she was going to read them all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I picked up The Times and turned the pages without reading it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Which one do you want to read? I’ll read the other.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It begins with a line he’s read about a thousand times by now. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I even offered it to Jim to read, but he claimed he didn’t know who von Braun was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept struggling with the reading, but I could not put it down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I read once that, on average, we replace the majority of our cells every seven years. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t read anything, only stared and stared out of the window on to the empty lawn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I pull out my ID and slide it across the glass counter to Jared, as the name tag pinned to his sky-blue scrubs reads. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the library I would literally tremble as I came upon whole shelves of books I hadn’t read. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay looked at her, but Tally couldn’t read her expression in the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Eleanor first heard about Richie, she was leaning against their old couch, reading a Life magazine, and drinking a virgin banana daiquiri. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After reading this book, I realized how teens are very gullible; getting tricked into doing things against their will because they want to fit in and be popular. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I read it in school because I had a depressed English teacher. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Slipping the letter out, she read haltingly, telling herself after each paragraph she would stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlotte read the words: “With New Radiant Action.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Did we not put that old book he used to read for the civil service exam inside?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m still studying the chapter on Artificial Selection. It’s taking me longer than I thought. It’s dense reading.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to care about another student strike, and people walked past the tanks without stopping to read the placards hanging from the university facade. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reading took her longer than usual, and when she blinked and sighed and came out of the trance, her face was troubled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I take a copy of Feed off the shelves and try to remember where I left off reading, a number of bodies ago. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The one off duty slept or read paperbacks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why can't I dig my own hole, but still teach Zero to read?" he asked. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You are forgetting already. You’re forgetting your own family. And your history. These are the poets you should be reading in school.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Here, the angle being measured is not between the observer and two distant objects, but rather the stars are being read as if they were the hands of a clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

After the cabinet meeting ended, the president followed his usual routine: receiving visits from friends and job seekers, reading his mail, and catching up on paperwork. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read over the complaint and realized that I had done everything but say, “fm a lawyer.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, I guess I could—will—maybe read it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to say whatever Big Ma would have said if she wasn’t squirreled away reading her gossip paper, but JimmyTrotter gave me a head shake. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed and reading felt pleasantly familiar. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Presumably you were reading, playing games on the iPad, choosing clothes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I doubt this, because Copernicus seems to have assumed that the correct theory must already have been formulated: he needed to read until he found it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I get to my classroom, I stand on line and read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and wait—wait to get into class, wait for the day to end. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Charles apparently did as she wished: He read Jesus’ farewell discourse. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to read it, or shall I?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He liked to read when he ate, and he was on page four of a new novel. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

After the first two weeks in her class, I, along with all the other excited students, read the San Francisco papers, Time magazine, Life and everything else available to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I did some more research on finding dogs, and read about carrying treats. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad sits at the table reading the paper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Arrah, there are people above in the lunatic asylum can read and write. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She’s been reading me your book ever since I can remember,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I snapped on the lamp on my desk and began to eagerly read my book, relishing the titles on each of the chapters, until I remembered Geneva Eggers. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turns and exits down the hall, leaving Marco standing in the doorway, reading and rereading the name and address on the faded card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I read and complained and argued with Dede, but all that time I was snoring away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy named Aaron had told all the girls that I couldn’t read because I didn’t go to school, and now none of them would talk to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He read that he had brothers and sisters—who began to cry. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You were so right. We should have read it. We would have known not to bother.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to stare me straight in the eye, like he could read my thoughts if he only focused hard enough. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

So, after reading selections from Negro schools all over North Carolina, we are pleased to announce that one of the winning contestants is from Riverside School!”’ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As a boy he taught himself to read parts of the Bible in Hebrew, and before we came to Africa he made us all sit down and study French, for the furtherance of our mission. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time I got a headache reading papers in semantics that analyzed the two meanings of some. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She gave me another uncomfortable smile and went back to reading her book. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know this because I read this news in a magazine from China. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I was so worried about the ticket I couldn’t lie in bed and read, so I just got dressed and went outside and started mowing the lawn with the tractor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Why don't you just read us one of those poems from your little book,” Mrs. Phelps nodded. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want you reading!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I was growing up, I had no idea that I would ever have a story worth telling, let alone one people might want to read or listen to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed most of the day, reading and writing in my journal. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lopez is too busy reading a car magazine to notice. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And Citra had not lied—she did want to see her family—so the scythe could not read deceit in Citra’s face because there was none. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had begun, though, to think about some herbs, potent manhood herbs he remembered reading about somewhere, which African men took. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only 1 night,” Nana says, as if reading my mind. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting all A’s and I can read, Mama!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I thought you might be interested in knowing that I’ve just read in Social Revulsion that Louisiana has the highest illiteracy rate in the U.S. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was reading on the Internet, and there are lots of people like you. Did you know you can take hormones so that your body, you know, doesn’t go all manlike?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I read “Barren Woman” until I know it word for word. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve read a hundred tales of heroes and the trials they face—what harm if I invent one and pass it off as truth? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her father answered in his sweater and sandals, his newspaper dangling from his left hand neatly and his reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose; her mother stood just behind him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I read once that, in Malaysia, they use kites to catch fish,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We tape the newspapers onto the wall, down where the smallest boys could try to read them. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, although he can understand his mother tongue, and speak it fluently, he cannot read or write it with even modest proficiency. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had read that slaves in colonial times were happier and more free than their masters, because the masters were burdened with the cost of their care. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t help that he sometimes walked into walls while reading, or that his favorite books hailed from that dusty sublevel where no one else cared to go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Is it contempt I read, or indifference, is this merely what he expected of me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ethel quizzed Cora, dubious as to how much their guest could read and understand. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She turned the page and read another entry. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I read the Psalms, especially the despairing ones, until their words become fixed in my mind, but no peace settles there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever read the ‘Black Pig’?” asked the lieutenant. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hush the group to get a better read on it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The shop was empty except for the barber reading a magazine in the chair nearest the window. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s gotten so that I just close my eyes while she reads me the column, dreading the mention of our name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, who taught herself to read as a little girl in Haiti from the books that her brothers brought home from school. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The lecture is on African American history, and the professor is someone I’ve read about online. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For English, we read passages from books, learned to spell words, and sometimes the teacher read stories out loud and we would write them in our notebooks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I left the rest of the mail on the foyer table and went straight to my room to read it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to edit the story, but after reading it over and over, I felt the words needed to remain the way they are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The letters were squeezed together so you could hardly read them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

"If you say so, Miss Lillie,” said Dad, who had already made up his mind she was going to be Mrs. Gilbreth, "I’ll read it.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read both sides, her face pinched with anger, and flung it to the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I read these messages, I would ask other geeks to try and remember that, no matter what. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even know he was on Facebook,” she says, and then goes quiet as she reads. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked through the rest of the book, admiring the illustrations and reading parts of different stories. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Grandma upset because I was reading a book about the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lionstar, read the letters on her stem, beneath a fluttering banner that bore the arms of the boy king on the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even minus the books she’d lost in the miniflood, I could have stayed up until morning reading through the haphazard stacks of titles. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I went up to my room and started reading the new book Bill gave me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I quickly fell behind as Mr. French read the next sentence and I had to rush to catch up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She read a few more pages and then busied herself with studying some of Jamie’s picture books. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think I’m exaggerating, that I should qualify my statement: I waited yes, but I also took a job, read books, spent days in air-raid shelters, filled out rationing papers, wrote letters, stayed alive. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Runako, your mother, was worth waiting for. Did you know she could read?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s silent, but his eyes dart back and forth across the passing landscape, like he is reading words that are hidden from my view. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I read all about Sodom and Gomorrah, had questions about the nature of brimstone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a joyous moment, but I knew from my reading that they would be likely to return. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of beginning the day by reading La Prensa or rearranging the canned goods in the store, Abuelito sat in a chair in the sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m one of few children on the train who can read. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I also read Jo Ann Robinson’s editorials in a little newsletter that came every month. first sign of this was they didn’t fire Mom when they found out I was arrested. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In my cross-examination of Mr. Barnard I first read the court the letter I sent requesting that the prime minister call a national convention for all South Africans to write a new nonracial constitution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left with the conviction that he would not read it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I read about the world of tennis, and Arthur Ashe’s role in it, the more I began to dream of its possibilities. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matteo Alacran, or El Patron as he soon came to be known, planted opium from the Pecos River to the Salton Sea, Matt read. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was moved as he read it aloud, seeing that Farmer was just as sensitive as she was to the fragility of Haitian life. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He focused on the page, gulped, and began to read, squinting because of the bright lights held up by the TV camera crews. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The next night he did not ask me either to read or play the piano. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So the citizens of Oxford read the weather forecasts in the newspaper, and enjoyed the pale sun on their faces, and began to put their sandbags away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Told him I wanted to read him a new story I'd written. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His paternal grandfather, a former professor of European literature at Calcutta University, had read from them aloud in English translations when Ashoke was a boy. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I read about it in my master’s newspaper, and I want to see what it is like.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Governor Treat read a statement, and they all signed it. The Colony of Connecticut is annexed to Massachusetts. Governor Treat will be appointed Colonel of Militia.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to read it one more time,” he said, “because I don’t expect to read it in finished form.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not read the faintest sign of welcome in his thin stem lips or in the dark eyes that glowered fiercely at her from under heavy grizzled eyebrows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Because like I said, even though most people have heard of the book, not that many people have actually read it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Piper and I weren’t encouraged to go outside much so we read a little and helped in the mess and slept. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other girls in my class and I shook our heads when Sister Claire read us this. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unlikely. I hadn’t seen her read a book in years. And it was in an envelope.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of those who read about the suffering in Chicago was a young Scot named Robert Louis Stevenson. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It makes those people even madder when Miss Joe stands so tall and reads big books and talks like she has not a care in the world. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ram said, “When a girl learns to read, her hair falls out, her eyes cross, and no man will look at her.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She just glanced at me and then refocused on a paperback she was reading. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She remembered reading once about how they injected anesthetic into your skin so you couldn’t feel them biting into you. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She read somewhere that for every minute you spent on your phone in bed, you lost an hour of sleep. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had read it in a matter of hours, oddly relieved that the names of the characters were never revealed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow, remember not to read only the line they ask you to read. Go further, okay?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The newscaster read a small portion of the press release from the Canadian government, which referred to Nwankiti Ogechi as “a man of honor.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They look like those ducklings from the picture book I used to read to my brother when he was little. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As she read she kept propping up her eyelashes with one finger. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The president of the United States would like to formally request the state box for this evening—if it is available,” the note reads. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

No courses; looks up many things in Knaur’s Encyclopedia and Lexicon; likes to read detective stories, medical books and love stories, exciting or trivial. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Given my fairly light holiday reading schedule, I had to go to the library and grab the first thing that fell off a shelf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In defending these new standards, David Coleman, president of the College Board and one of the architects of the Common Core, seemed to equate reading and writing that is not purely fact-based with self-indulgence. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘But if I read the signs back yonder rightly, the Orcs of the White Hand prevailed, and the whole company is now bound for Isengard. Their present course bears me out.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He would read about Japan’s losses during those final weeks of the Pacific war and claim he had predicted it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They read books about other kids whose parents had split up, and talked about them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Like the old men on Tenth Street, now he bought the morning and evening papers, and once every two weeks the black newspaper, and read nervously, looking for reports of murders that appeared suspicious, pointless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assistant director resumes looking at his manuscript, though it is clear to von Rumpel that he is no longer reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If he reads that note and passes it to Dallas or Carter, everything will be ruined. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I can hear her voice as I read her writing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m reading your entire body of work,” I wrote. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re learning to read already. I can teach you whenever we have time. It’s not so hard, I promise.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At a recent reading the daughter gave after her long silence, the mother's neighbor was the daughter's lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For some reason, she didn't want to read in front of him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Is to help Pe Pierre, a friend of Titid’s, to teach the boys reading. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the best story you’ve read me in a long time,” he said, still clapping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you finished your work, you could go inside to read or draw. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Sandy turned to a fresh page, propped his feet on the judge's desk, and began to read the data supplied by the private investigator on Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had taken up a collection and bought a white cake with chocolate icing that read success forever! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was pretty certain it was a word, even though I couldn’t read it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I read “Indian Camp” and held Annie’s hand for the whole flight, but I didn’t say anything to her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The reading scores of the poor kids go up by .26 points. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Every night, I take it out and read the word Hermanita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can one read a cat’s face, a seal’s, an otter’s? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am hopeful that one day I will hold one of your letters in my hands and read of your life in America. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kids who sharpen their pencils, go to the board to do math problems, and open their books to read a poem. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As the Englishman stared out at the desert, his eyes seemed brighter than they had when he was reading his books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I thought of the tears in Sister Josephine's eyes when I was reading my story to the class. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She took the library book that she was reading and one that she knew April wanted to read. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I learn to read or write?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stayed up pretty late that night reading The Price of Dawn. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I just...I don’t like to read out loud. The words get jumbled in my head or my mouth or something.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We... girls read her all the time,” I say, and again we stare at each other long enough for a distant telephone to ring three times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In all the stories she had read or heard, the fairies seemed to do nothing more than drink and dance, enjoying a life of leisure and frivolity. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, you must not read. I will read to you in the evenings and we will see if we can study that way. But you must not read by yourself.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I nodded, remembering what I’d read about the slaves’ marriage ceremonies. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She almost couldn’t bring herself to read it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I went to New York City in December for Malcolm X’s reading of final additions to the manuscript, to include the latest developments. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I remember your smile, and I know that the good parts truly happened, and that one day we shall read Shakespeare together again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

George Toley’s letter read: Dear Mark, Stan told me about you and your intention to obtain a tennis scholarship to an American university. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really hear what she said, because I was too busy trying to see what the girl was reading. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Joseph thought of “The Little Match Girl,” a story he’d read in school last year about a girl who ended up dead in the snow after a freezing night filled with beautiful visions. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The meeting ended with a promise from the party leader to read the charges carefully and render a verdict as to whether Swann should be placed on trial or not. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her desk was isolated in the choicest corner of the room where there was a north and an east window, the best light for reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants us to read all of this?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The inscription under the hand read: God’s finger touched him and he slept. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there was hardly any reading aloud anymore, less and less as we got into high school. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow had made a face, but he had started to read, and had found himself hooked against his will. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a journal in Kelsea’s backpack, but I don’t have time to read it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even though I heard him reading it, I could not believe it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped Master would still be at the club so he could take the Renaissance from the living room and curl up on his bed in the Boys’ Quarters and read. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Being of an open, talkative disposition, she declared that I was going about the business of living wrongly, that reading books would not help me at all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, she took it home so that Katie could read it after supper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the week I read that book. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

You can read to him during recess or other times but for our once-a-week reading buddies it’s going to be Josh and Michael. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles modeled his own book after Paley’s, because he wanted The Origin to have the same effect on others that Paley’s had had on him when he first read it at Cambridge. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was where they usually stayed unless the twins wanted to read them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moms was making coffee at the stove and Derek was reading a comic. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how far away they reach, if someone miles from here can read them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve read a Raymond Chandler, and right now I’m halfway through Hard Times, by Charles Dickens. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“AlbieMom said slowly, pulling a sheet out of the folder, “is this your reading log?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d read once upon a time that storm petrels can appear when it clears after days of rain, but I’ve never seen one. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Really? I figured most guys read or were on their phones.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize you are spending more time now reading than you used to spend on games? Do you know that your arithmetic grades are actually getting worse?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Looking over the rims of his reading glasses, he slowly unfolded the paper. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

On Sundays, when the square was much quieter, the constable read the village news on the steps of the town hall, followed by the clerk, who read the legal news from the notary’s office. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to know what depressing thing she was reading, so I kept my eyes on my next vacation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She reads off my sheet in a tray to the right of the monitor, where I wrote “want to kill myself” as my reason for admission. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pull out a book from Chantal’s shelf to read—something about a brown girl who wants blue eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He read the fear in my eyes, and sighed in frustration. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Miller said, “Will he be able to read it? Does your dad speak English?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Son, I always thought I could drive a spike as good as any man and cook as good as any woman. I just figured if everybody else can learn to read, I could too.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, well, we didn’t have fireplaces in Saudi Arabia. He read to me at night by the fire. I loved the stories. When he died, I was so sad.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By Christmastime she was reading circles around the whole snotty class. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She bent her head and went back to reading about the amazing Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I volunteered to read a poem in front of the class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Covering the reading desk there were endless piles of petitions and memorials, all annotated with the royal decision and signature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked home through the deepening twilight, reading, lifting my eyes now and then from the print in order not to collide with strangers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It tells you the truth. As for how to read it, you’ll have to learn by yourself. Now go—it’s getting lighter—hurry back to your room before anyone sees you.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I get tired very fast when I try to read some of the books I baught in the drugstore. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Regina Fischer bought a copy and read it carefully; the book was found in Bobby’s library years later, but whether he ever read it is unknown. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep—Lights out around 10 p.m., but I can stay up in the bathroom reading or writing, provided—Mami does love a lecture—that I am very quiet, so as not to bother the Mancinis. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I read The Irish Times and The Times of London because that tells me what the King is up to every day and what Elizabeth and Margaret are doing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I read an article about how 9/11 especially affected elderly people," Uncle Lou says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read the sentence repeatedly, then scanned the room to see any body language that would reveal who wrote it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My mom was already up from her seat, reading intently over his shoulder. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The boy sat down, leaned back against the barrel, and began to read from the story called Cruelty. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was the vicar reading the burial service there, with Maxim, and Frank, and Colonel Julyan standing by his side? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a crate while I read the letter to him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After listening to the broadcast, I read the play over several times, each time trying to imitate the voices on the radio. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen and he was sitting there with his tea, smoking and reading the Korean-language newspaper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you hadn’t read any of those books.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already stopped reading. Please keep your proper books and leave me with the books I like. And by the way, I still win when we play Scrabble, Mr. Read Proper Books.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to be patient, Ifem. If you really get into it, it’s very interesting and you won’t want to stop reading.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She examines our dirty clothing, and probably reads how exhausted we are, both emotionally and physically. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I be a fine midwife’s apprentice now. I know about babies and birthing, singing songs and cooking chickens, crying and laughing and reading.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he hoped to start reading Freud in a few weeks. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I know you think you know why I don’t want to read Jane Eyre, but it’s not really any of your business, is it? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Commander sighs, takes out a pair of reading glasses from his inside jacket pocket, gold rims, slips them on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book wanted to be read, Feral thought. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the day the poems were read in class it was mostly funny stuff or poems about how they loved their mothers. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to read more but it was getting dark, and Robbie and the domino warriors were waiting for her at the mural. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dear Dean O’Neill, It occurs to me that the people who will be reading this letter are faced with a difficult decision concerning my admission to the University of Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a school tradition that each spring, every student in the first through fourth grades read the same book. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He turned from me, took up the book and read ten pages or more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d ask you to read it to me, but I think I know what it says,” she said without looking up. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The gate’s locked,” he calls out, as if he’s read my mind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of his mathematical and technical ability, Manfred was assigned to read radar. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m required to read it, because my teacher says it’s a Classic. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gawaine hurried off, as soon as the instructions had been read and the picture digested, to fetch the kitchen maid without delay. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class reads slowly, some of them moving their lips. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had read some of the classic Greek plays in prison, and found them enormously elevating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Famous people. Smart people. It just means your eyes mix up letters and numbers sometimes, and it would explain why you sometimes have trouble reading.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he could almost do a better job of reading and writing in Egyptian than he could in English. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she reads my chart and talks to the nurses, she goes back downstairs to my family, who have stopped talking in hushed tones and are now all engaged in solitary activities. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For days on end, he’d sit under the orange trees reading. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve read the classics, but I’m not meant to be a sage. I don’t have the skill.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wished she dared to ask Betsy to read more, but she could not. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His dad was sitting on the couch, reading Soldier of Fortune. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I said I did for the state test, but really I just read it.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When the reading was finished, family and guests bowed their heads and Reverend Bulkeley began the evening prayer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She read through every page of every book her gran owned, but none of them contained advice on how to reverse a witch’s curse. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were enchanted and might have read all day, except that Slannen stopped them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He'll read a lecture on an aspect of the woman question he's never thought about. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fifth grade, when I told a teacher that I intended to read the New Testament over the summer, I did not get the praise I expected. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Laleh sat on his lap, listening to him read in Farsi, or occasionally slurp his tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That every year, on her birthday, her father would present her with another puzzle and another novel, and she would read all of Jules Verne and all of Dumas and maybe even Balzac and Proust? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the darkness he couldn’t read it and was safe from his own curiosity. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What on earth are you reading?” she demanded. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly the entries were a personal record and not meant to be read by other people. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Can any of you read the whole sentence?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

One on the fridge reads, “Six cups of water per day!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I took deep breaths preparing myself so I could read it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That she chose one of her favorite poems to read to us made me feel like she was showing us something no other teacher had before. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By reading and typing text, you made your way through the virtual world, collecting treasure, fighting monsters, avoiding traps, and solving puzzles until you finally reached the end of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I brought some comic books to school and read them under my desk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The names, though peculiar, were the easiest because she remembered them well from Betsy’s reading. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She spent her free hours in the library, so wondrously well lit; the sweep of computers, the large, clean, airy reading spaces, the welcoming brightness of it all, seemed like a sinful decadence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Oh, if only Charlie were here to read it aloud to her and explain the long words. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Again and again, I’d read the caution and concern on so many faces when I spoke of having loans to pay off, of not yet having managed to buy a house. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After Koch read the novel, he was dismayed. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I now had unexpected spare time, which I used for reading, preparing my speech for the conference, and hiking the wild and beautiful hills above the town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never wants for attention, with his sisters taking turns holding him, taking dangerous things out of his mouth, reading to him, dressing him in their old clothes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It took her all of three two-count musical bars to read the letter. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Mama hadn’t opened it, so Anya was the first to read his strange message: Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos reads it, digit by digit, into the phone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, she calls on me to read 1st. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and tried not to let the pegasus read my thoughts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I felt a fountain of hope bubbling up as I read the words out loud one more time: musical acts welcome. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

This chapter is where my son Jason stopped reading, and there is simply no way of blaming him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I was sitting at my kitchen table, reading, when I heard a noise from the barn. And there she was.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I thought they would read their letters out loud, but they took them and ran back to their room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kit chose the stories she herself enjoyed most, and her reading had a zest and liveliness that enthralled the children. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We always listened because he could read the papers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it was scribbled handwriting that could barely be deciphered, which was something else my brother and I had in common, and it read: You came to take us. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Besides reading, writing, and the study of history and the stars Robin was given certain duties in the routine of the church. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When she came to, she was summoned into the presence of Avery Brundage, who read her the riot act and told her he would throw her off the team if she continued drinking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My parental unit who is at this moment violating my personal space and reading my text over my shoulder wants me to finish homework so I GTG. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He might feel the tenor of my emotions, but he couldn’t read the reasons behind them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only other book I noted—or reading material of any sort—was a paperback mystery standing upright between two Oriental bookends on top of the piano. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read in the paper that Thurgood Marshall said he didn’t know how much more unpleasant treatment we could take at Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was reading Mr. Pope when the clock chimed the half hour. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Since they were reading children and read everything they came across, they stopped and automatically read the list of acts playing that week. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inscription reads, “In confidence we lay our cause before the whole world. Whether we win or whether we die, freedom will rise in Africa like the sun from the morning clouds.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Want to read together? We can see which ones you can try to sound out.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her students were old enough that she rarely read aloud to them, but today she wanted them to be able to focus on what she called the “magnificent melancholy of Charlotte’s final moments.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s not exactly as you think,” Artemis said, like she was reading my mind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

With one, you can lose your entire past; you start afresh, learning how to tie your shoelaces, how to eat with a fork, how to read and sing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, that’s right. So you've met him, then—’’ "I hate to tell you this, mister, but your friend is dead. Froze to death up on the tundra. Just read about it in Outdoor magazine.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She merely scowled and twitched her essay on The Principles of Rematerialization away from Ron, who was trying to read it upside down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Little groups of children were gathered about, playing or reading or listening to one of several nuns who were out there with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In administrative court, the charge would be read by the presiding magistrate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did read all of it,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chances are, if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault—it’s the writer’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not unexpected, for we were then not even permitted reading glasses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the class was given the assignment to write a poem, she did read mine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He set the book on his lap, finger still marking the place he left off reading. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Clinic, there was comedy in the way Tessie, idly picking up a waiting-room magazine, found herself reading about the juvenile sexual rehearsal play of rhesus monkeys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d read about him playing AAU in his file and all that, but seeing it with my own eyes was something totally different. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Add Ma’s anger and I just wanted to eat and be done with the meal so I could head to my room and read. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some have read the play in their theater classes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Chord symbols also may be used even when an accompaniment is written out, so that performers can read either the chord symbol or the notated music, as they prefer. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Because I couldn't find the books I wanted, I read what was available. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dorothy Dodson, daughter of the Wicked Witch, read books, and I knew she did, but she couldn’t stand me and was more than happy to tell me so on a number of occasions. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She could read a check, or a receipt, or a banknote only if it was close enough for her eyelashes to touch it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what happened after they’d first met, because I hadn’t read any other letters. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had read somewhere that napalm was gooey stuff used in firebombs that burned everything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I read the paragraph several times and said the name Hernán Cortés out loud. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“She talking about Mister Holbrook running for office and how you supporting colored people and she say... she read something.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Goodness,” Justice Strauss said, when she came into the library and saw what they were reading. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had scrawled on the back of the envelope, “Do not open until my will has been read.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The first thing I notice is that Kavita is no longer reading her book. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Directly above him was a sign that read: NO VANDALISM. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Read it, read it,” said he, “it will give you pleasure; only a few lines—will not take you long; read it to Emma.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Michael Morton, author of “Lost and Found,” reads in defense of his teacher, Mr. Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Reader, for the answer to Cook’s question, you must read on. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hate reading, and I hate her, for that matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, I say again: “I want to read.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie read them all avidly, then sold them at half price to the neighborhood stationery store and put the money in Mama’s tin-can bank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled as he read my hesitation, and reached for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But what was more important still, I read their novels. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you read the book to me again?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wore an odd expression, one I couldn’t read. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If you live in Arkansas,” the ad read, “study this picture and know shame. When hate is unleashed and bigotry finds a voice, God help us all.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I read in US News and World Report that Willamette University has a good music program,” Adam told me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have not read the letter, although my eyes did fall on some phrases while scanning the pages. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot was sitting in a corner smoking a pipe and reading a magazine. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I almost wish I hadn’t read about it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

From his own experiences in Vietnam and his reading of the German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, Van Riper became convinced that war was inherently unpredictable and messy and nonlinear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to find spells in books she had no business reading in the level-five section of the library; it was another to actually try those spells out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about today’s reading assignment. What would you do if you were Romeo and you loved a girl you couldn’t have?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“As pups go,” she says, looking back at me, “ye are as easy to read as a newborn, m’boy.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My theory is it was because of two things Anatole saw in our house: one, plenty of books for a smart boy to read, even if he can’t go to school anymore. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read about one school where you could use the same library study carrel that Alice Walker had. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It's the Saturday after Christmas, and Waffle House is packed with old people and kids and random guys sitting at the counter reading actual printed newspapers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I must be careful not to read until Dr. Snydman gave me his permission, he said, but there was nothing wrong if I attended classes and listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’re friends? Sorry, I only read your blog so I didn’t know you had any. I told you. Just curious.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The only reason to get the paper from him is to have something to read while you’re having breakfast. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reached the point where she had to hide it whenever she wasn’t reading it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually joins Ethan’s reading group, because he’s kind of a traitor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even read it, and that would disappoint him, too. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I was still a part of it all, playing ball, eating, reading, experiencing the death of a family member, and the sadness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sat in the same secluded spot I had sat reading on my first day, and I ate my lunch, hoping no one would notice me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was a time when she would sit beside Jam’s bed and read her N. K. Jemisin books until Jam drifted off, only leaving when sleep wrapped heavy around the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the front steps and read it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It might also be a place where I could quietly read genetics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I realized that when you took our key from the fire hose, when you left me the notes, when you stole Richard’s shoes and Jimmy’s Fred Flintstone bank, you had already read my letter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Like a blind man reading Braille, I traced my fingers over the graffiti scratched into the concrete blocks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Decide? What’s to decide?” my mom demands, as if reading my thoughts. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was a regular visitor who read the labels and descriptive notices in their entirety and approved of every animal he saw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She softly whispered, reading her drafted words aloud from time to time, or slipped into a light, cheerful hum as she worked. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly Sticky put his glasses back on, and in grim silence they all read the pamphlet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And forget about asking me to read it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And then his musings broke off, and he saw that Denethor and Gandalf still looked each other in the eye, as if reading the other’s mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Miller is sitting on the bench reading her book, the way she always did when we were in her class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s more to life than what you read in books,” said Weary. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what about giving up television to spend more time reading your Bible?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now he dared not assert himself but held the Bible uncertainly in his hands and asked, “What would you have me read, sir?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The Pigeons of St. Paul’s!” he began, reading in a big, booming voice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Buster’s claim that his dog could read was hyperbole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still have 2 flights to go, but we are close enough to read the warning sign. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t even the Ogden and Flügel psychology books he had been reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shunk must know he can’t read, but even though we have a remedial reading teacher, it’s too close to graduation to help the kid. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

No, he was a Baptist and I had the suspicion that he would not be quite able to comprehend why a black boy would want to read Mencken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was enjoying reading it, but if you need it that badly...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Today we read a stack of N-words from the dictionary, one by one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wrote down as much as I could of what she said, realizing that I could probably pull off my final reaction paper without actually reading the book. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She treated herself by reading a book not in the alphabetical sequence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

David: “Melinda has to deliver her report to the class as part of the assignment. She made copies everyone can read.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And that year I learned to read and write. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Birkway opened a cupboard, pulled out the journals, slipped the yellow paper over the cover of one and read: This is what I like about Jane. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Please, Your Majesty,” Yishan said, handing the Sea King the Paper, “could you read this?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At midnight, I climbed into bed and tried to read a book but the words just swam by in a muddy haze. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Masks are supposed to be able to read people, to understand them by observing them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The ability to read the calendar in the skies was literally a matter of life and death. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote two words on a piece of paper and turned it toward me so I could read them. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He continued, “Cannot read in the Evenings—fatness & idleness—Anxiety & responsibility—less money for books &c if many children forced to gain one’s bread.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew the right one when I read it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his grammar was worse than Trotter’s, and, to Gilly’s disgust, he’d stumble over words of more than one syllable whenever he read the Bible. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Brian read thick adventure books, ones written by guys like Zane Grey. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I read the newspaper with my granddaughter, verified that my affairs were up to date, handled my correspondence, and went out for the rest of the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the chalkboard read Twelve Angry Men and under it listed the characters in the play. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He's turned away from me now, toward the base of the Rembrandt statue, pretending to read the inscription but looking at it for much longer than he would need. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Absentee parents, tragic consequences ” I read out loud. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, it’s easier for me to do silent reading than it is for me to read out loud. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she could see him reading the paper in his bedroom or undressing late at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I listen to Lee Lee read her poem, and I want to say something more profound, but all I can think of is, “Wow, Lee Lee, that’s really good.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I read, I enjoy the work of Graham Greene. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She made out a slip for the books she wanted and then started reading a magazine article that the librarian gave her about the Civil War. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In her letter, there were two twenty-dollar bills wrapped in foil, with a card that read “Buy yourself nice things for school.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I would write a chapter over the weekend, and when I went home for the week, Gram would read what I had written and write the next chapter, until we finished the whole story together. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nobody, including Onofre himself, knew how he learned to read and write—certainly he had never attended school. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I had read something about it once. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I always had a dream that I would learn how to read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the kids to bed, then sat and read, listening to classical music. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stiffly, like a stranger, Sanders moved across the hootch and lay down with a magazine and pretended to read. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read an interesting article today,” she says, leaning closer to my ear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I go to my room and get online and start reading about e. e. cummings. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Ron read the message, swallowed hard, and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The more my mother read about the Columbia High School team and the sport of fencing, the more boxes it checked off her list. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He takes out his phone to read my instructions again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You want to come in an’ read to an oul’ man? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to explain, but it reminds me of a haiku I once read: “Even in Kyoto—/ hearing the cuckoo’s cry—/ I long for Kyoto.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I read the second line, and she clapped with me this time. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At last!’” continued Kate, who had read French novels, and admired the style. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know this book, but wish I could have read it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But that day, Mate read right out how there had been a demonstration at the university, led by a bunch of young professors, all members of the Communist party. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful tried to read the angle of the sun’s rays, but a gray-blue haze cut them out, and she could not get their message. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to read words that was writ jest fer you, Jenny. That ain’t right. Me and Nancy—Nancy and I— talked about it some this afternoon.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she’d be saying it was just like having a preacher live with them to hear Johnny Tremain read Holy Writ. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’re other things to read than print,” she said, “and the Princess of Hammersmith is displeased with you and is thinking seriously of going home.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“First we’ll read The Merchant of Venice aloud together, so that I can be sure that you are following the dialogue. Afterward, you’ll be reading on your own.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keeney was already at his desk, reading another paperback science fiction book. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We know each other too well for him not to read my mood and guess what has caused it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Grace glanced at me, but I couldn’t read the meaning in her look. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each day, Mr. Kennel read a poem before he rang the bell. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Francie begged off reading at night because her eyes were tired from reading all day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Colder. I can read your mind. If it’s not one of our hockey players, then maybe...” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I read The California Gold Rush no one lifted a finger unless they were paid in gold nuggets or gold dust. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Not so much time to read these days,” Diana said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She started it all, reading the Psalms and various Family Classics aloud to Leah and me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking my head in embarrassment, I handed the book back, “I can’t read this type of English.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I read this, I imagined my mother as a young woman, brilliant and energetic, but also anxious and complying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He picked up Tom’s letter and read it again; then he smoothed it carefully and returned it to the envelope. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a thought. Why don’t you get started on the readings this weekend and think about the materials for the map on Monday? It isn’t due for a while.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I watch the news, though if there is a newspaper around, I would rather see the news that way now that I can read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have finally read the email from school. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The placard had been there on that day too. brad bolitar, it read, in plain black ink on a white index card in a weather-protected plastic case. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I know she was smart and shy and liked to read books. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My reading glasses are on the coffee table, and ain't none of these pigs willing to go fetch 'em for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Daniels says I have something called dyslexia, which makes it hard to read letters. That’s why I’ve been staying after school, so he can help me.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d read the first most recently, so I started into Sense and Sensibility, only to remember after I began chapter three that the hero of the story happened to be named Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

April 24—Professor Nemur finally agreed with Dr. Strauss and me that it will be impossible for me to write down everything if I know it’s immediately read by people at the lab. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If reading books doesn’t have an impact on early childhood test scores, could it be that the books’ mere physical presence in the house makes the children smarter? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

On the lamp table were her reading glasses and a high pile of books. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much feeling in the way he said her name, and it was hard to read because it wasn’t...pure. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If Death-Cast hit me up one week ago, I wouldn’t have been up late reading all the notes Aimee wrote me when we were still a thing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had the fear that I might somewhere run out of butane gas, and how would I read in bed then? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even some of President Obama’s most ardent supporters in Hollywood and New York’s creative corridors would not be able to read it without stumbling over language that is couched in politics, if not outright hypocrisy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It is meant to represent you, in your reading,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The article I read on my phone said the animals were coming down into Washington Heights and Harlem from Westchester, just north of New York City. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“They put me in a dummies class because I can’t read good.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her calmly regal high-priestess expression faded and she frowned as she read each side again. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried reading it backward, it was gibberish. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mom took the sheet; a frown appeared on her face as she read it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m just going to read,” I said, rubbing my temples. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl in it was reading A Wrinkle in Time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He cringed reading her references to her boyfriends—The Hot White Ex, Professor Hunk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You have read the book, Goldstein’s book, or parts of it, at least. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Anya read the letter over and over, her eyes drawn back to the same line. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

So he wrote only things that Goddard would want to read. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Leo stared at the sphere, trying to recall where he’d read or heard about a similar ancient machine. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Then I hope Kevin did a good job of teaching you to read.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Turning to last year’s review sheet, Dr. Barnes gritted his teeth and read what Mr. Larson had written: It is clear that Phil and I have very different philosophies of education. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But as for study, the prince must read histories and in them consider the deeds of excellent men. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I made a short vidcap recording of my avatar reading it aloud and set it to run on a continuous loop on my POV channel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I read quickly, and there was a chorus of laughter in response. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I read and reread, finding out more about this place I would have to make myself think of as my home. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

His father couldn’t read, couldn’t write; knew only what he saw and heard tell of. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’d never seen colored people eating with them, and here was our mother eating with chopsticks like the Chinese men that I had read about who worked on the railroads. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it when I first read it, but then I kind of switched it in my mind so that I made it seem like after school. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course you are. You must be aware of that. Look at your reading. Look at your mathematics." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shared with him a healthy skepticism and a deep belief that we could somehow read our way out. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She's coming for us, my sister says and reads the part where my mother tells her the plan. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

How many notes were there that I never got to read? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It’s one of my biggest memories of my father reading. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the door and read the sign; there was an empty flat on the fourth floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’ve got the same jitters I had when Nico read my lyrics for the first time: How will people react? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

To prevent them from reading his mind, he wore a tinfoil hat at all times. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And tomorrow, she could sleep late, read books she had picked herself, even do nothing if she pleased. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the way Miss Anderson acted about us girls reading, you'd think it was something dangerous. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was just as well, for I should have made a poor companion, and he must have read my face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As we read about the seventh-grade dance coming up in October, the announcements come on the P.A., and soon we are standing for the Pledge. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s always a shock to the system to reenter it; just to read a chapter she finds she has to slow down her breathing and go into a trance, like a hibernating bear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I took in a couple more deep breaths and I could hear Momma starting to read another story to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were both sitting in the living room and had apparently been reading or studying what looked to me to be a Yiddish book when we had interrupted them. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve read The Zaniest Summer four times, and the ludicrous situations still make me laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the bark scroll and read his mother’s message. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Humans and chimpanzees and meerkats and stingrays can read body language by instinct without having to learn it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Zeiss didn’t hit me again, but she failed me in reading, math, conduct, and everything else except gym and attendance. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled benevolently over the audience as he reached inside his inner breast pocket and withdrew a pair of reading glasses. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

A professor at National University, whose son is in my class, invited me to me to teach a seminar on how to inspire teens to read. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I’d continued to watch and read and listen and study, preparing for the day when I finally stumbled across the clue that would lead me to the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pop told me as soon as I could read. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She had read the name Dr. Lister off a pigeonhole on the wall behind him, because if you pretend you know someone, they’re more likely to let you in. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much to read for one thing and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“My sister-in-law gets me the Hollywood magazines. I just read about it.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read out the list I’d made, of all the labels on the bottles on Doc’s shelves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Most of my spare time I spent reading in my room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Francis was around the corner, buying her a book to read on the train. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of people are going to read it and be upset, I thought, and just at that moment I heard something that sounded like a swarm of angry bees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Being empathic and all, he could usually read my emotions, and I got the feeling he knew exactly what Aphrodite had talked to me about. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because she hadn’t done the reading she was exempt from being called on, but Mr. da Silva sent concerned looks her way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could only hope she’d read it during her 12.5 minutes a day of downtime, even if she couldn’t resist editing it before returning it to me for corrections and a clean second draft. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was enough light coming in from the window. park She read stuff as fast as he could give it to her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So today I brout the progress report with me and I told him maybe he could just read it and I could take a nap on the couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His Studies continue apace & he reads & writes all day by the Fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When I ran out of reading matter, I was reduced to studying the ripstop pattern woven into the tent ceiling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out his pocket watch and lit a match to read the dial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at him a long time, trying to read his face. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I thought of the Bible, but in the end decided poetry might be more soothing, so I brought an anthology from my room and read Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bobby read every issue cover to cover, though, and much of what he ingested made sense to him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly it could read her thoughts; she was going to have to be careful. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I tried not to read too much into perhaps the most promising thing to happen to us in a very long time. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to Sunny quoting some spacey book that nobody had ever read. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the old man wanted to talk, and he asked the boy what book he was reading. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a world-famous celebrity, a hero to thousands who read his thrilling book on his “Furthest South” expedition. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I glance at Walter, who is pretending to read. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He read it quickly and then they all looked at it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, in Aibileen’s kitchen, she reads her writing and I type, the details thickening, the babies’ faces sliding into focus. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That I planned to read Things Fall Apart as soon as I finished reading Ginger Pye. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The police had never read an odder report. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the evening, I sit on Meng’s lap as he reads and translates to me stories about America from an English book he bought in a nearby store. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of Pearl, but the clock on the stove read 3:15. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My lady, you are the queen. Why do you read this book in secret?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She read a letter from her sister, who was away in the East and who had engaged herself to be married. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope you don't get tired of reading those words, for I feel I shall never tire of writing them. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His father had sent him a clipping about the grant printed in the campus newspaper, with a photograph of his father standing outside the engineering building: “Prestigious grant for Professor Ganguli,” the caption read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Did Tom Brown, as he took out $160 million in loans and signed promissory notes for $6.25 million without reading the paperwork? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You still have to learn to read music,” she says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Lillibet and Miss Violet had let him store a cardboard box filled with old paperback books in their vault, and he wanted to find something to read. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Just as well his father's not alive to read this.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been lying on the bed as usual, staring at the ceiling while I read to him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s picking blackberries in the meadows Gram and baking oatmeal raisin cookies Gram and sitting by the fire reading Gram and throwing balls in the river for Boomer Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He took the letter out of his pocket and read it again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I opened it and read: Little Minerva looked at the picture on the mantle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her own small bedroom now became her reading-room and there she would sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone here can read, but Holly has sometimes asked me how to spell words like carry and weighed that she needs to report any “incidents” that occur. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by then nobody was in any condition to read the papers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Automatically, without really thinking about what he was doing, Harry pulled out the fragment of parchment, opened it, and read by the light of the many wands that had now been lit behind him: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He opens and reads the other slips in turn. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read him poems and stories, sometimes riddles—though I stopped reading those when I saw he was far better at solving them than I was. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their English teacher, who had been reading aloud from a textbook, interrupted himself to say that he had the attention of 70 percent of the class, and that 70 percent was a “dismal figure.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to read Poole’s answers and get some sense of how his mind works. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My drinking never really bothered me before we started reading all these books about people changing and wanting to make a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she wasn't reading to me, she was reading to herself. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mom had us all reading books without pictures by the time we were five, and Dad taught us math. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first the man seemed surprised, as if Mark had read his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Silently, he read off the names of some Georgia towns. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought one dream was enough for a person, but reading his story, I learned some people could hold on to many different dreams and see them all come true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“According to this record,” he said, still reading, “you did pass sixth-grade mathematics.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She reads how on her first morning, she made a mistake on the chart where you filled in the number of pieces so they’d know you hadn’t stolen anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was they were supposed to read there baffled the women and they murmured together. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole concept of reading was, to me at least, fascinating. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He unfolds the letter and begins to read. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily, pretending to read her book and not pay them any attention, had felt wistful and a tiny bit jealous. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I watched Maxim at the breakfast table getting whiter and whiter as he read the papers, one after the other, and then the local one as well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading that Brazil is the race mecca and I go to Rio and nobody looks like me in the nice restaurants and the nice hotels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Who’d like to read their draft out loud?” she says in an encouraging tone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If they could memorize their new alphabet, they’d be able to read each other’s messages without using an answer key for reference. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was at my mother all the time now, following three steps behind her as she swept or cleaned, carrying the black Bible and reading and reciting to her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after the page from the Bible and the page from Shakespeare had been read, Francie consulted Mama. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a promise to myself that I’d read every Langston Hughes book they have in the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. I’m more annoyed at myself. My face is so easy to read — my mother always calls me her open book.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I read his poem over and over, and think about how he used to tuck me and Charlie in and say, “Good night, my precious jewel.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

After lunch, he’d returned to his room to read the report detailing the king’s journey. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When Johnny got back with Mr. Lorne, Rab had Mr. Adams’s text in his hands, reading it as a printer reads, thinking first of spacing and capitals, not of the meaning. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to eat warm food and to my surprise found that regular meals enabled me to read faster. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had read this psalm of David’s many times, but now when I read it, the words spoke directly to my heart and brought me some comfort. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since I can’t read the language, the signs seem like art pieces with beautiful, mysterious forms. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn it over, and it reads: To my sweet Bridget, who is my own wheel of fortune. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a scientist, but he read all the scientific articles in the newspapers and magazines. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was embarrassing, in so many ways, to imagine him reading my personal thoughts. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

During our breaks, we can read, play games, or listen to music. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I would have to rely on you for an interpretation of the readings, he realized. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, that meant all the time, really. Then they finally gave up because they realized that my reading didn’t exactly improve when they frightened me. On the contrary. Take Flatnose, for instance.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the floor beside his bed a book lay open; Harry had been reading it before he fell asleep last night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We read every name on this list. Out loud.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I read a line and tried to understand it: “from what we cannot hold the stars are made.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve gone from being my mom’s perfect dream child with 100s on her quizzes and the vocabulary of a geek who reads all the time, to a stranger. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we read about this in history books?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up there in that window, on the tiled window seat, I used to read for hours, eating mulberries off the tree outside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We think. We read. We are not peasants. We are mechanics. But even the peasants know better than to believe in a war. Everybody hates this war.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the library that afternoon, there was Liz, her hair pulled back in a ponytail, reading glasses balanced on her nose. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We decided that instead of giving testimony, I would read a statement from the dock, while the others would testify and go through cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the reason that was easy is that when we read or hear the name “John” or “Bob” or “Holly,” we don’t even have to think about whether it’s a masculine or a feminine name. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When I was little, Mom used to fall asleep reading to me at bedtime. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“When the apartment was empty that night, I sat on the floor and read the letter from my father. I read about the vase. I felt like I’d failed him.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bob looked at Percy, and Percy wished he could read the Titan’s expression. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They read in the Cherry Valley News that she’d be coming through. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Not read Hindi and Japanese? Oh, come on now.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d read how in historic times they killed the bearer of bad news. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo and I read the notices on the board for secondhand Legos, kittens needing homes, good-as-new washing machines for £10 OBO, and ads promising you hundreds of extra pounds in your spare time. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The kind of parents who bought canned soup, lied to their kids about Santa Claus, believed everything they read in their history books and didn’t really talk about their feelings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had not only read The Diary of Anne Frank, but when I was twelve, my parents took me to the house in Amsterdam where she hid from the Nazis. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She evaluated and reflected over what she read. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day in Living Skills, I tole Ms. Evans that in my reading class we had to keep us a journal. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And looking around the room, I remember thinking that my reading differences were like dragging a concrete block around every day, and how I felt sorry for myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s just about the saddest story I’ve ever read, and I have to wipe my eyes quickly so that the librarian doesn’t ask me why I’m crying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I ever read about him, no.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, Chester,” I said, with an indulgent smile, "I think your reading has gone to your head.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him about the journal entry we read. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. So were reading about him, and Tino comes around the corner real fast and gets scared.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ad that Calder and Petra read before school that morning in the Chicago Tribune said: You have come to agree with me. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was used, after all, to reading books with pages missing, fallen off while passing through too many hands. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I read it when I was in fifth grade, and I loved it. Now there’s a book for kids your age.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and me would lie on her bed and she would start reading out loud from one of her mystery hooks. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Another day passes, and still I can hear Miss Hilly’s voice talking the words, reading the lines. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After we write our words, we have “free reading” for ten minutes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I have spent the whole vacation reading Hamlet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘It reads normal. Let me feel your stomach once more.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t read the newspaper; I only read the magazine.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued reading: The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He’d read me a passage of scripture from the Book of Mormon, about a sober child, quick to observe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re having book club. You know what I love about that book? Every time I read it, it feels like the first time.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Reverend Dr. J. H. Barrows read a blessing and benediction and then, at the request of exposition officials, read a speech that Higinbotham had prepared for the originally planned ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

While Wash read aloud from her English book, she stared out at the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Also I want Hoyt to read some verses I am going to copy on another sheet and put in with this letter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once Elizebeth knew what all the steps were, the rest of the messages were easy to read. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I read of chalk streams, of the mayfly, of sorrel growing in green meadows, of rooks circling above the woods as they used to do at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m reading the beginning of Plato’s Republic for humanities class. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve read about a third of the book now, and it’s pretty good so far. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I found solace in dropping by to play and read stories with them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I stared at that picture for days after her death as I listened to hours of tape of us talking, and read the notes I’d taken the last time I saw her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’d started to read one of his books, but I couldn’t get past the second page. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I read that maybe we would get to sit in the balcony of some white movie houses, I felt a little spark of hope. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He played violin and read music and composed it, mostly classical and religious music. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do seem to remember reading about that.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And the next day: “I want to read.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as small and stupid as he made me feel, there was no ignoring the fact that all it would take is one touch, and I could have read him the contents of his brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A little while later, when he comes across another interesting bit, he tries again: “You have to read this, Mother!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench and waited, wondering if the discharge guard would discover my journal and read enough of it to send a search team to come and get me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They could read the hand a player was holding from across the room, then signal to a partner at the table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was planning, on this visit, to explain to the girl how it was that a simple shepherd knew how to read. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last bit of work he did, usually at some hour past midnight, was to read letters from American citizens. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn't you love to read what she thinks of us? It would be easy to borrow it.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was already at work tightening the model on its support stands so that he could read off the atomic coordinates. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t read trash. Bad example for the fellows at the school. They look up to one a bit, you know.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open Daddy’s notebook instead and read a story about a little girl seeing the ocean for the first time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I read the same sentence over and over again, and lay the book on my stomach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I could read them words just fine, Mexico. It says, ‘The’ and ‘Gap.’ We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey went to the blackboard and wrote with her white chalk the sentence, I have already begun to learn how to read long sentences. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went over there afternoons and afterward stopped at the cafe and had a drink and read the papers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My brain fries when I try to read Shakespeare, but my English teacher would not accept “my hound hath eaten my volume” as an acceptable excuse for avoiding Hamlet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

An inmate who was known to read a lot could check out more than the permitted maximum number of books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu raised her hand; Faulkner’s Light in August, which she had just read, was on her mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I picked it up, sat down at Kat’s desk and began to read. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to teach him to read, and he can, a little. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Toby was reading in his room, the last chapter of Treasure Island, I noted. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

His parents were the sort of parents who really, really enjoyed reading. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But lest anyone— and particularly the sophomores themselves—read too much into it, Ul-brickson put the boat far down the list that generally signified a crew’s status in the program. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Noodles would read his comics and draw in his book, and Needles, who at the time was still known as Ricky, would kick freestyle raps about whatever he saw on the street. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was staring at me now, like I was some character out of a book he had read and I had come to life. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“He or she could also help you keep pace with what you want to read. When you wake up, you will find the completed summary in your in-box.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

But when he sees that pill bottle—and the label reading “Keflex”—he has to reevaluate his whole concept of reality. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I read Bernal’s paper, however, I suddenly became enthusiastic about Schramm, for, if he had misinterpreted his data, by accident he had hit upon the right answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona read my intentions yesterday, so there’s no point in lying. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The glory of first love, and all that. It’s incredible, isn’t it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The German people also lost their right to privacy, so government officials could read their mail, listen to their telephone conversations, and search their homes without needing a warrant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I read in my room—alone—and grow conscious of being alone, sounding my voice, in search of another. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a TV in a back room, so we watched that and read our books all day. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

ALL night long, I swear, I can feel Miss Hilly reading our book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was determined to learn the book so well that she would be able to read it aloud to Charlie someday. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It spits me out right by the nurses’ station on my floor, where Julie is reading over some paperwork. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

All summer I have spent every free evening at home, holed up in my room with my laptop and my summer reading looming on my shelves. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The deacon walked up to the lectern to give a reading. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the scholars didn’t even know it was there, but the librarians did, because they used it as a shortcut between the stacks and the reading rooms in the base of the tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"I read a line that said, 'You are like pomegranates split open. Even the emptiest among you are as full of good as a pomegranate is of seed.'" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I read the headline again, and it knocks the wind out of me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But somehow, as he read today, he could not keep his mind on the printed words. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The longer he sat reading—or re-reading—the more often and the less absently he used the back of his wrist to blot his forehead and upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You go ahead. I’m going to read the—” The word “da-zi-bao” stuck in my throat. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main newscaster is reading a piece about a shortage of graphite affecting the manufacturing of items in District 3. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to work, to read or build or improve himself, he would waste away here. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I can read the English and Irish papers The Abbot brings home or I can use the library cards of Laman Griffin and my mother till I’m found out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t there but I remember reading about it,” one said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sign on the door reads Gold Coast Copy and Print. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Harry woke early on the morning of the trip, which was proving stormy, and whiled away the time until breakfast by reading his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong listened while Li Po was read to him in English. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we read Ralph Waldo Emerson in class, I wrote “My Philosophy of Life,” which I intended for the start of a book but could get only three pages out of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bank battle was an unpleasant interlude, but it didn’t interrupt what was becoming the key portion of most of Bobby’s days: reading. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if there was a whole other layer to the Meforshim that I couldn’t unlock, no matter how much I read. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten that stuff about paranoia in that magazine Lorraine gave me to read about seven months ago. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

In her excitement she had not considered who it was she should give the letter to; a trick of her imagination had everyone reading it at once. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the book on the table and began to read aloud. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were twisting and turning and pointing their beaks toward the sun as they took their readings and plotted their courses south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next fourteen hours without pausing to eat or drink or throw up again, Colin read and reread his yearbook, which he had received just four days before. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He held it up and read, “‘Please be aware that many students are planning a walkout at two P.M. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before Patti joins him, she asks, "Would you like to use my phone? You could call your friend again. Or find a game to play or something to watch or read, maybe?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He has the feeling, from the tone of Maxine’s voice, that she’s been up for hours, that her breakfast has already been eaten, her Times thoroughly read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since she’s promised never to read another word I write to you, Dee Dee, I will tell you what I think of Diana—and hope she keeps her word and doesn’t “borrow” my diary again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nora and I go back and forth, each reading a different argument from the list. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to read you more?” she said. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She kept right on reading, and for some reason this infuriated the father. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back and took a deep breath and then began to talk just as if he was reading something straight from a book. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He says we will graduate knowing how to read and write because we’ll spend a million hours learning how to read and write. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a k is turquoise blue, whether I think of it, read it, or hear it. It’s just there, inside my head, plain as day.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My thoughts scatter for a moment, and I glance at the note to read it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester, reading my countenance, saw I had done so. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because there’s a gap between me writing the words and you reading them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she’s down at the library reading about waterfalls,” I say. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until later, Darryl, Your Working Boy Ignatius read what lie had just written with pleasure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a faraway David-shriek, and Mom stops reading to watch the corridor. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the first time he’s read the book in this spot. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped reading when he thought she was sleeping, and he dozed in his chair beside the lamp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several times, he called Anne up to the front seat to read the Blue Book for him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t quite get what he’s trying to say, and he can read the quizzical look on my face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Rachel nodded drowsily, too tired to keep her mind on the reading. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The letters were big and bold enough to be read from several feet away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every day I’d read the newspaper, searching for more information on Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie pursed her lips and read the letter through a second time. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I could,” I said, trying to hide my surprise that Nabila couldn’t read. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sat looking at the strange reading book, following the lessons. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a box of cereal and pretended to focus on reading it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Again when reading about the period when he had discovered the prison library, Malcolm X’s head jerked up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say it because every morning since he turned eleven or so he would wake up before anyone else in the house, go out onto the porch, and read a chapter of a book. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Digges and Benedetti had not read Bruno, so they had not encountered his theory that, from a distance, the Earth would be indistinguishable from a star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If you want to know where a person is coming from,” she yelled, "you need to read this material, not tear it up! You got to see what makes him think what he thinks!" The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

An eighties teen movie might not be what I need right now, but I’m also too agitated to read a poem about hope being a bird. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Yunghans and Mr. Sharp, the hometown team’s two chaperones, came to join the players at the reading desk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I never forgot the look of astonishment and bewilderment on the young woman’s face when I had finished reading and glanced at her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed looking at them and making up stories, but I wished I understood what she was reading. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She held up a letter so they could read the green ink address: Harry made a grab for the letter but Uncle Vernon knocked his hand out of the way. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I imagine you at home, finger twirling in your hair while reading one of your beloved books. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I have to read upside down because clipboards are not supposed to twirl by themselves. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foregoing could be read as a ringing endorsement of affirmative action and other diversity initiatives. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was only the Englishman who was unaware of all this; he was, for the most part, immersed in reading his books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is cheerful, filled with light, with a tomato-colored carpet on the floor and people reading the paper around a big, round wooden table with forsythias or cattails arranged at its center. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had meant to sleep only a few hours, but I woke with a start the next morning to find sunlight pouring in and the clock reading five of nine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was a plump, pink, sluggish girl who read good books and kept urging Yossarian not to be so bourgeois without the r. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I decided I wanted to read all the books by Ernest Hemingway. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So you’ve—well, read things out of a book quite often?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

N.B.—He was awake reading a book. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water fountain had a sign that read “Le vin Beaujolais.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, what happened every Sunday at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church was that the priests got together and read the Bible out loud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Knitting, sewing, reading, writing, ciphering, will be all you will have to teach. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you want me to read your diary?” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rocky did not hear her; he was reading a sports magazine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kind you see in movies or read about in books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Idea hits me so hard, I stop reading, and Charlie elbows me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Hugo leans over Helmuth's shoulder and reads the first sentence out loud. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded like she doubted her own ability to read. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. You know, the children was reading me something th’other day. Say folks dream about whatever was on their mind when they went to sleep.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Headmaster read to the end and then read it all the way through again before looking up. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I read it every night before I dressed for bed, and eventually I memorized it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Frowning, he held it up, catching the moonlight in order to read the words written on the fabric. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The speedometer read a hundred and five miles an hour. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Carrie stood looking down at the crib as though she had read my thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

You walk toward the gates, reading the card in your hand again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A few of the characters look familiar, but I never learned to read or write Korean. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The words to every single book my father ever read to me are forever tucked inside. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I could read by the fire with a mending basket nearby to slip the book into should Madam approach. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to open up his newspaper and go back to reading when I pulled an edge down to look him in the eye as I told him the answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kept reading the words but not understanding them, then circling back, reading the same paragraph over and over again. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have read the messages. But you’re always with your squad, like Isabella and I don’t even count.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A lopsided sign stuck in the ground near the entrance read, the burrow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was the look in Okeoma’s eyes that worried him the most: a disdainful distrust that made him think of reading somewhere that the African and the European would always be irreconcilable. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a very touch-and-go business, in 1955, to get a wholly plausible reading from Mrs. Glass’s face, and especially from her enormous blue eyes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No, actually, I cannot. But if there’s a pile of books to be found she’s usually not far off. The girl really should be minding her tutors instead of always running off to read.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jane, after some hesitation, eventually decided that a white dickey would be just the thing for Mr. Banks, and she bought Robinson Crusoe for the Twins to read when they grew up. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Despite a decent library, few students had a love for reading. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence Onofre had written a thousand love letters for a thousand lovers, and he had also read those love letters to the persons who received them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out here she could sit and take the air, read, admire the gardens near the house, and gaze at the majestic forest in the distance— “Ahwooooooooooooooooooo !” ‘Woof! Woof!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The basement is actually nice and carpeted and painted, with lights everywhere and my dad’s old hockey trophies and framed jersey and bookshelves packed with books, even though he absolutely does not read. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mother looked at Daddy, and Marly could practically read her mind: “Do you think if we stay in the country, Joe is going to have many of these queer friends?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I read that little piece of newspaper over a dozen times when I got back to my room last night. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She had read the manual pages listlessly several times, guiltily aware of her own disinterest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And it dawned on Stella that he couldn’t read very well! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Punctuation directs you how to read, in the way musical notation directs a musician how to play. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

When Charles saw Lenny reading it, he said, “I bet you half a crown that you do not get to the end of that book.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The two of you should be exercising your bodies instead of holing up in this stuffy room reading,” Amelia said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently so, if we correctly read the President’s words. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It looks like he’s going to ask her to read his words for him, but then he decides against it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was addressed to her, of course, but that didn’t matter; he settled down happily to wait his turn at reading it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cartoon bubble above the dog’s head that read: “Ho-Ho-Ho!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Reynie had never known his parents, who died when he was an infant, and it pleased him to read a notice that seemed to take this possibility into account. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Lily sat down and pretended to read the Truman thing, which went like this: Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese Army base. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need a gift and I’m not exactly going to read the book in the next...” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A thousand people reading the program in which, I later learn, Jane and I are specially thanked for "being awesome." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Cynthia knew that later he would open it, read it, then forget he'd read it, and believe he wrote it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Although more and more people were learning how to read, the artisans still had signs above their shops, not wishing to lose a possible patron merely because he happened to be illiterate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the books to my room and read through the night. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s got him a bad cough, that boy. Well, maybe he’ll feel a little better after he reads that thing Ignatius give me to give him. Ignatius says it’s inspirational literature.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am reading a lot now, and Miss Kinnian says I read very fast. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

One was a demand for payment on a gambling debt, but the knight she gave it to couldn't read. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What I’m reading here is thoughtful and beautiful, just like you are.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She looks worried about what will happen when the women of Jackson read what we’ve written about them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everything was going smoothly until April took down the question and with a dramatic flourish got ready to pretend to read. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read the other two names on my list out loud. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Luke read the letter at supper, after everyone else in the family had had a stab at trying to figure out what it meant. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she’d read it before she gave it to me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In general, then, they talked about the other news stories, those that varied day to day, and afterward they amused themselves by reading the advertisements. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But you’re lucky. You just have to read to your mama and me. Do you know what you want to read for your bat mitzvah yet?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Hung on the wall opposite us was a calendar, and though it was too dim to read from where we stood, just looking at it sparked a bizarre thought. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even better, pay a lawyer to read it carefully. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Mikoyan would read me quotes from Tolstoy, whom he considered the greatest of all Russian authors, to copy onto the blackboard. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I grew older they made me read every day, do all my homework, and little by little, this became part of my daily life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only bad if you don’t like reading senior quotes.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that’s kind of how it felt. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That sounds like an innocent occupation, but Cohn had read and reread "The Purple Land." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I begin typing as she reads, her words rhythmic, pronounced more clearly than her usual talk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone was standing around the monument reading the passages on the wall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All the creatures Kyle had read about and studied in the dinosaur books downstairs were now swarming across the giant video screen in front of him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He too had read Schrödinger’s What Is Life? and been captivated. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere, once, that crying defies scientific explanation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment that my friends entered the store, Ping Wah was reading a Chinese newspaper. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Quite a change of reading from my usual fare. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She opened the pages and asked me to read. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I copied down all the passages about ghosts I could find and spread them over the coffee table, sorted them, and read them each dozens of times. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looked up malinger and read the definition: “To pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.’ Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Emma decided not to read his book, as she had been planning to do. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn stopped trying to read at the start of the second paragraph. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I was spending lots of time in Central Park instead of going to school, I would read three or four books a week. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Part of what bodyguards have to do is read faces. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Your assignment is to read it so we can discuss it later.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I want you to listen. Do you read the papers?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I privately wondered: What was the connection between reading and learning? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small man with a birdlike face and fluffy hair, he read a lengthy poem dedicated to Soraya, jotted down on hotel stationery paper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before he started reading, he wrote a note: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are all sorts of ways your bail hearing can go wrong: You get some court-appointed lawyer who hasn’t read your case and doesn’t know what’s going on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She messed around the kitchen for a while and then went out on the front porch to read the funnies. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m reminded of a line in a book I read in high school. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We took off running again, past students reading on the quad, weaving around a tour group and in between buildings, until we got to the Plaza. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I read him most of chapter 1, up to the part where the young warrior Sohrab comes to his mother, Tahmineh, the princess of Samen- gan, and demands to know the identity of his father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were always two or three cookbooks in the bathroom, because he usually read them in there the way most people read the sports section or magazines. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

But as Minli’s parents entered the house and read her note, Ma made a noise like a shrieking cat. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I promised to read the typescript novel of someone’s absent son. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went over to Phoebe’s after dinner on the day Mr. Birkway had read from my journal about the blackberry kisses and from Phoebe’s about Mrs. Cadaver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

So, I go all the way back to the beginning, back to August, and I read through everything. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I—” “Can you read for the court the last sentence of paragraph four, page four, of the autopsy report you have in front of you?” said Nels Gudmundsson. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several times I would covertly watch him frown and wince as he read, but he never again asked for any change in what he had originally said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were wonderful suppositions embedded in this method of reading: that books are not tricks, and that I was not feeble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Betsy did not give any explanation of the novel she was reading, simply commenced to read aloud where she had broken off reading to herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What on earth — ?” Hermione said, taking the letter from the gray owl, opening it, and starting to read. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mami turned the statue over and read out loud from the underside: "Made in the U.S.A." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Amélie peeked and discovered that the pages are numbered, so she’s put them all in order for me, but it’s in English and she couldn’t read it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He reads it, scratches his head in confusion, and then calls another agent farther down the hall to have a look. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His focus returned to the block of text on the page, too small for Moss to read from where he stood. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Uh, yeah? Are you kidding? Last summer, my mother kept giving me the choice of reading or washing her car. She had the cleanest car in the neighborhood all summer long.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Fascinated by it. He used to read endless books. Was a big Star Trek fan. He loved the final frontier. We had several high-powered telescopes too. Still do, in storage out west.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This makes the notes easier to read quickly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Toby tried to read the look on Jimmy’s face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re better at farmwork than you are reading. Or your pa might as well ship me back to New York now.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It always boggled my mind to think of the great mountains and wide rivers across which he had people bring the papers just for his reading pleasure. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji picked it up to read, but he couldn't get past the first few lines. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seven pulled out her dragon-scale notebook and read the names out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She read the dates on the coins in her change purse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was already taller than Abuela, she still made me feel as little as when she’d read stories to me when I was younger. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I lay in the bed, under a lamp, and read and smoked cigarettes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father raised his head and looked at her with the usual absent expression he wore when she interrupted his reading. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s reading something on his lap top and eating a sandwich. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He explained the concept of cells as best he could, told them about the media reports that had already appeared about HeLa, and promised he’d send them copies to read. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The white boy is raised in a Chicago suburb by parents who read widely and involve themselves in school reform. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The lights of Regalia had faded away, and he had to squint to read by the faint torchlight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Hu,” I said, “if I write letters to Lin Nai-Nai in English, will you read them to her in Chinese?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poems we read in class were her expressions of love to Robert Browning, her husband. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

First, I was tired, and piano playing is harder than reading. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As if reading my thoughts, he said, “Lice Peeking knows the truth about the Coral Queen. What’d he say about my skiff? Will he take it or not?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The words in Shad’s letter that no one else had a right to read must have been extra fine! Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me wonder how the war was going to make us freer if you couldn’t read any paper you wanted any more. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished chores, homework, read more books than I and played the group games on the side of the hill with the best of them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I usually read from Job; two passages, in the seventh and fourteenth chapters, where Job speaks of no life after death. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed into the ’kerchief she was holding and said, “Elijah, read what them words is to me one more time.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At the moment I’m reading Emperor Charles V, written by a professor at the University of Gottingen; he’s spent forty years working on this book. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Dad, I’m serious. You told me that knowing how to read words and knowing when to speak them is the most valuable commodity a person can have. You don’t remember saying that?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Harry moved across to read it and saw that Umbridge had written, “To be punished.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And exactly zero percent of the preschoolers read the letters from left to right. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I read Mr. Browne’s letter aloud to her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The night clerk kept on reading his John Grisham novel, and barely looked up as she walked past him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Isaac, she’s all right. She got a whipping once for teaching a slave how to read. Tom Weylin was the one whipped her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The size of their database on Halliday is unreal. His whole life is in there. They’ve collected interviews with everyone Halliday ever knew. It could take months to read through them all.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This would make it easier to read the message that had been graven underneath the tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, you find anything you wanted to read to Mr. Randolph?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Over her dress, she wore a T-shirt that read: OMG, I <3 N!!!! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Later, she read his online posts on Nigerian Village, all of them sour-toned and strident, under the moniker “Igbo Massachusetts Accountant,” and it surprised her how profusely he wrote, how actively he pursued airless arguments. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I am,” Ash answered, schooling her face into a blank expression so no one might read the tension within her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a little too drifty in school so she thought it was a good idea that I read more books, and she knew I liked history and adventure stories. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I typically sneak a book inside and hide it under the table and pretend that no one can see me reading, but this time I can’t because I’ll be the star of this disaster. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was because of those instructions that Grandma kept me up most nights and taught me the alphabet, multiplication, addition, reading, and writing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa didn’t know how to read either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Charles walked into the drawing room and found Lenny sitting on the sofa—not jumping on it—and reading a copy of The Origin of Species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlett was carrying a large picture book, and she sat next to her mother on the green bench near the gates, and she read her book while her mother inspected an educational supplement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I had tried to read up on what should happen at an execution; I had some misguided thought that I could intervene if they did something incorrectly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A small, white-haired man who seems vaguely familiar is reading a book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to hear something about Mike over the loudspeaker, but the only announcement they read was about reduced tickets to a carnival that’s coming to Tangerine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent his time reading Jaime’s books, which Blanca brought him on the sly, and listening to the street sounds and to the whisper of the radio, which he kept at the lowest volume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went outside, found a secluded spot under a tree, sat in the grass, and read my science book. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wrote about it in English class and even read the journal out loud. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always just a little bit open, especially when she got in her golf stance, or when she was reading a book. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“At your book. I’ve never actually read it. I just tell people I have.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The boy spends most of his time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought he was a decent guy, but Maggie Kelly had sonar for boys who were interested in her girls and she was picking up a strong reading on Dominick. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I batted off an urge to pick it up and read it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Our homework was to write a short Halloween story to read in front of the class. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Liz had me read part of the notes I had written up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t read notes in the first place but he knew a few chords. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read letters from people who appreciated what he did and from others who wanted to let him know he was an idiot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She cleared her throat and kept reading aloud: “I do mean all your valuables. Otherwise my turtle and I will destroy you. You have five minutes.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was real excitement in her voice as she read the copious notes around the map. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what. You read that, and I’ll read your comics.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The man behind the window squinted up at me from the magazine he was reading. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He sends pictures of math proofs from his AP math class, his AP English required reading list, pictures of beakers and petri dishes from his biology and chemistry classes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Last month Mr. T told us we had to read some stupid book and go spend time with the retards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Now when he couldn’t carpenter any more he had put a sign at the front of the house reading ‘Clocks and Watches Repaired Cheap.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dresner would read respondents proposed PR blurbs and slogans about the movie to find out which ones worked the best. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Every autumn, the teacher asks us to write about summer vacation and read it to the class. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I really could read better once,” he said, sniffing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I should have grunted and let him read what he wanted in it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo can’t decode the message, so finally I just read it aloud. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It turned out that she had ordered a book for me to read, about childhood leukemia and its treatment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some even wrote parodies of my poem, reading them to me in the hopes of getting under my skin. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“We don’t usually take in kittens,” Claire says, reading my mind. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said there wasn’t anything worth reading in the current papers anyway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He read books a lot,” Lucas said uncomfortably, looking over at my mother for a silent approval of his participation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I handed her my note and said, “As you read this, just remember that I am great at oral presentations.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For much of the journey, the teenager has been reading a paperback copy of Anna Karenina for a class in Russian literature. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Too tired to read, but too awake to sleep, she just stared at the crackling fire. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She wrote to Obinze about the books she read, careful, sumptuous letters that opened, between them, a new intimacy; she had begun, finally, to grasp the power books had over him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some days he read all day and late into the night. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one who gets to go to school. I only get to read books that get thrown out the window.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no one else here except my mother, who never reads, and my nurse, Carla, who has no time to read because she spends all her time watching me breathe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His father was reclining on the sofa reading the evening paper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered that I wasn’t allowed to read, so I closed the prayer book. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He demonstrated the exercises of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk, and when he was reading about calculus, he explained Zeno’s paradox and the infinite series. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would read it after my daddy opened it himself—now that I knew where it was. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She read her books in the open courtyard sitting on the inlay tiles of the fountain, one foot dangling on each side, with an eye always on the horizon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I did not read any papers. I wanted to get back home, for one reason. ... It was New Year’s Eve.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, a junior who has won leads in previous plays reads a part from Rabbit Hole. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It sounded like she was reading from a prefabricated script. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I start the coffee machines, then settle on my stool behind the counter to read. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I read them—they are chatty and matter-of-fact. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra scribbled the lines onto a piece of paper and kept reading. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I folded mine as close to the way it had come as I could and sat it next to me, for reading later. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth, maybe you can figure this out for me. Why do you think Nat reads Latin?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more I read, the more puzzled I became. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned to lip- read, our heads flat on the beds, turned sideways, watching each other’s mouths. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father tries to read me with eyes that make me look away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness she was a teacher and not some boy who could read the thoughts spinning in my head. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At reading buddies time I manage not to scare my buddy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after morning break she came and sat down next to me and said she had read the bit about my conversation with Mrs. Alexander and she said, “Have you told your father about this?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just read the Wikipedia article, and I’m looking through pictures now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

My dad had his laptop out—the ethernet cable dragging all across the floor—and his reading glasses on his head; he waved me over when I walked into the room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Marcus will give the opening address and read the names in reverse alphabetical order. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because of my punishment for going into Olga’s room, all I can do is read, draw, and write in my journal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s dry and there are no readings of toxins. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

To wit: a little boy named Isaiah has a lot of books at home; Isaiah does beautifully on his reading test at school; this must be because his mother or father regularly reads to him. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I stare at it and read it a couple more times. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can read if I hold my hand over one eye. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me you’ve been reading at bedtime. Did you forget to mark it down?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I read about some new chemicals to use.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"I don't know. That was the day I read about you." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

On weekends I’d go to the public library to read, surrounded by old men and women. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first when we started reading this story, I compared myself with Juliet. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When his father started to read from Proverbs, Turner was surprised at how many verses about rebellious children he had been able to collect on such short notice. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was pretty tired, but I stayed up reading a skateboard magazine and kept one eye on the clock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As to the reaction of the members of the Linnaean Society—only a few who read the papers had any idea what impact the theory would make. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first entry reads: David keeps asking me to write down what I experienced. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We frequently exchanged books, did English homework together, read prose and poetry together, trained together, and sat on the same seat during tennis trips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like the word “DIVERGENT” is branded on my forehead, and if he looks at me long enough, he’ll be able to read it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tore it off the nail and adjusted the paper to read it in the dimming light. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he spoke from beneath it, his weary Korean mumbling, and I could only read the embroidery of the word Titleist in place of actually understanding him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or like the spy novels I used to read, on weekends, when I should have been finishing my homework, or like late-night television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is going over a stack of papers with several nervous assistants, his manicured hands following the words being read out to him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing how to read, we quickly learned to recognize signs on buildings: Groceries, Supermarket, Meats & Vegetables, for instance, let us know that there was food inside for the taking. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He read all the IVF literature and would talk to me all night about it, but his only actual duty was to show up at the doctor’s office and provide some sperm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to find out I was still reading baby books, even though on my reading log it said I was reading a book for a fifth-grader. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

After Scout reads it, he turns around and smiles at me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not thinking at all but read the paper of the man opposite me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I can read the headline, but I can’t make out the body text.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d call me up to the front of the class and ask me to recite a poem we had read only once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m going to play it safe and go read—and, hey, there’s Ruby! You two can enjoy the degeneration of human decency without me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"It's just a rumor. Clearly, you can't handle reading these"—she waves the paper in my face—"and take them too seriously." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When he reads, he has a deep wrinkle in the back of his head. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I get out the books again and read the good words Decca left behind, but they blur on the page so that they don’t make sense. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While at university, Charles read theology, not just on assignment but also for pleasure. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell glared at the snickering boys, cleared her throat, and read the final paragraph of the chapter. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The children opened the packages with the appropriate sense of wonder and spent the morning happily leafing through their new treasures, which of course Penelope promised to read to them at her earliest opportunity. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Shakespeare did not write for your ease of reading,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before taking the signatures, the personal delegate of the president of the republic tried to read the act of surrender aloud, but Colonel Aureliano Buendía was against it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But after reading both of them again and thinking it over, I had to admit that my poem was pretty lame and Annie’s was better. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I read to him the notes which I had made at the time, and which I inscribe here:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whether I'm supposed to be reading it or not. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was like that kid had been born knowing how to read. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I push it toward Mrs. V. She opens it, reads it, then squeezes me so hard, I can hardly catch my breath. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All this time he had thought Zero was reading over his shoulder. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I read through a pile of magazines, look up nonsense on my phone, and a few hours later Francis pulls away and the buzzing stops. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We pass more workers, hanging a sign that reads Santa’s workshop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The announcer read out passages, his voice matter-of-fact, but the facts themselves were horrible. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Its specialty was reading the coded cables of foreign diplomats who were based in the United States. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I get up, shut the door, and go back to reading my journal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I started to read about it, but then Dad wandered through in his pajamas on the way to the kitchen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in Special Education like her, but I take regular reading and math classes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She got straight A’s when she was a teenager and she used to give me books to read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, after reading all the big books that Jen had loaned him, he didn’t find the fancy words so daunting. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My success made me happy, but, this time, the grade seemed less important than what I had learned from reading the book. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when she had completed her first circuit of the ward and came a second time to the soldier in -white, she read his thermometer and discovered that he was dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They read my insistence as mere obstinacy, as foolishness, something that would quickly pass; and they had no notion how desperately serious the tale had made me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barnes sat down at his desk and read every word of the newspaper carefully, nodding and smiling now and then. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I will read it. I look at a hundred manuscripts a month and reject nearly all of them.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Reverend Hunt says you can read?” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And people all over the world will read your stories.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first, thrilled by his interest, graced by his intelligence, she let him read her blog posts before she put them up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He did a woodcut of this,” Rick said, reading the card tacked below the painting. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

At home most weekend nights, I would pass evenings reading. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They seem to be designed to be read by someone who knows Shay quite well. By you, perhaps.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

That’s why we have to fight for our education— because back then we had to fight and die just to read and write! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tootie had said that she was going to read poetry out loud to him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

But after a while, as your eye moves round the page, you realize that something is very strange be cause when you try to read a bit of the page you’ve read before it’s different. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You learn this from that book you read?” they teased. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He keys the microphone and reads the numbers, then the messages. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wondered if she could read the guilt in his face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She listened to every book, every poem I read her. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got read by any number of people, all of whom I knew. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered, from his reading, descriptions of besieged medieval castles, and armies of men with bows sending so many arrows that the sky seemed thick with them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then I take one of the books, intending to read, and turn over the leaves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next I have three pages of foreign words from my various books, all of which have to be written down, memorized and read aloud. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But how could they have read our minds? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We are reading The Scarlet Letter one sentence at a time, tearing it up and chewing on its bones. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the embarrassed look on his face I guessed why and blurted out, “Can’t you read?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says maybe if you were in Mictlan you could read my letter. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I held one in each hand and read them over and over. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jesus, Park thought, only Mr. Stessman would make a chubby girl read a poem about eating on her first day of class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He knows the risk reading such a book would pose. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nehemia couldn’t read books that advanced, not when she still stumbled through lines of text. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I have to read that letter first. I reckon we better go back in there and start.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was in the middle of reading Little House in the Big Woods, and I was going to miss her reading because I was in the principal’s office. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then I sat in the broken chair and read the rest of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency to Henrietta while she sat in the dust and fluffed up her feathers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Mama, we’ve read these plays so many times over, that I almost know them by heart. I don’t need a light or the book, Mama. Listen!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when you read books you almost feel like you’re out there in the world. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He recognizes Nemesis cracked another cookie and wrinkled her nose. “You will have great fortune when you least expect it,” she read. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"If Caveman doesn't want to read it to us, he doesn't have to. It's probably from his girlfriend." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Its construction had been overseen by an accountant, not an engineer, who did not know how to read a blueprint. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I had decided to read Wuthering Heights — the novel we were currently studying in English — yet again for the fun of it, and that’s what I was doing when Charlie came home. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson read constantly, and every magazine he had subscribed to or purchased during the past twenty years had ended up in his classroom. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

We laughed, and I changed the radio station and thought it was over, but then Daisy started reading me an Indianapolis Star story from her phone. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, after he has taught his last class, he visits the library, to read international newspapers on long wooden poles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spend a lot of time reading comic books in my brother’s room when he isn’t there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant she had one of those dizzying visions, like the one she’d had the moment she learned to read. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t even a good note. ‘If you are reading this I am probably dead.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the plaza, Mr. Curtain sat in his favorite spot, gazing off toward the bridge, reading a newspaper with a look of satisfaction, occasionally making a note in his journal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

From her lap, she mini-pointed to a kid sitting alone near the window, reading a paperback. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Can you read it to me, Isaiah?” she asks, scraping up her last bite. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She interviewed each of us, the interviews taking no longer than ten minutes, asking what we were currently reading, what we had read the previous year, and what we thought of the books. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She sighed and watched him read the title. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He reads from the square of paper in the same onerous voice he used for ours, informing Panem that in honor of the Quarter Quell, there will be twice the number of tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

TVs a child I thought nothing of it, but when I became an adolescent, I began to read the verses on the tombstones with a certain pleasant melancholy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat between them on Uncle Edisto’s grass and read the headstones. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I read the entry two or three times, scarcely able to believe what Lissa had written. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I go back to my room and sit on my squeaky bed, stewing and reading but mostly stewing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good—I got plenty of books. No TV, but you can read any book that’s in this apartment.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The game clock read one minute and ten seconds. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I also started reading about sports figures in the newspapers, specifically about Jackie Robinson. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I finally read about him in the Black Panther newspaper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if the woman has read her mind. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that Jinny hadn’t tried to teach the younger girl to read. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I read about it way back, when this all started.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stops at the foot, his fingers encircling the ankle, briefly, like a bracelet, where the tattoo is, a Braille he can read, a cattle brand. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tipped the concierge and read the message again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Caroline decidedly says that none of the party will return into Hertfordshire this winter. I will read it to you:” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I had also promised myself that I wasn’t going to turn on the news, read the newspaper, talk, read, or write about integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prescott’s thunderous cadences remain a pleasure to read, despite the author’s firmly stated belief, typical for his time, in the moral inferiority of the natives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Horace took a piece of paper from his pocket and read a detailed description of Cathy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the lawn a lady sat under a tree reading a story aloud to some children. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who wants to read a whole book and have it end with the ball hanging in midair? The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took a closer look at the papers, scrunching up my eyes to read the tiny red words. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she wouldn’t take it out and read the title—at least not then. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When Pa announced our bus trip I knew I’d have hours and hours on the road with the perfect companion if my sisters let me read in peace. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was at a place he had not quite known how to pronounce when he had read of it in the papers. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read the article right there on the front lawn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Around that time a merry, foul-mouthed, provocative woman came to the house to help with the chores, and she knew how to read the future in cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But while I was witnessing the half-inch rainbow she began to read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The confusion in my mind existed because I heard, read, and saw different definitions of both career and maleness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I read to her. She likes it. It’s not hard to get things here. We don’t usually have visitors, though.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the back, handwritten in black ink on white, it reads: The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We may not be able to read faces as brilliantly as someone like Paul Ekman or Silvan Tomkins can, or pick up moments as subtle as Kato Kaelin’s transformation into a snarling dog. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not. I told you, most people are easy to read.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The tunnel angles upward and there’s light at the end, and standing at its mouth, calmly reading a book, is a young man. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ben and I were simply walking along and he said, “Did anyone ever read your palm?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“What was the thing the steward read?” the priest asked. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Father gave me permission to go over to Miss Whitlaw’s for an hour to read with Robin and write. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I silently read the words on the plaque, Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside they could see a young man about their age, leaning against the end of a long table and reading a book. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s an episode about space aliens!” said Abby, reading something off her phone. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Matt had hurled the book away violently when he read that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reading lamp was flickering, its oil all but gone, as dawn light leaked through the high windows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“What does he mean,” she said, squinting as she tried to read off my screen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had read about outdoor kitchens and outdoor toilets. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

On this particular Friday afternoon in October, Mr. Larson was reading an important article about the baseball pennant races. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice and warm there with a fire blazing in the grate, Mam sitting in the bed, and Dad reading The Irish Press and smoking a cigarette by the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land” he read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fix your face too grumpy,” High John called, as if he could read my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I could read it to you,” offered Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“There are so many books at the Citadel that no man can hope to read them all. You would do well there, Sam. I know you would.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All that it took for them to have it forever was for Cari to read it once. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has reading glasses and pens and clipboards in almost every room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the name tag first, it read “Duncan. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks, the boy had learned to read voraciously. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nay, nay, read on.—You will find how very much he suffers.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I had always loved and admired Dr. King, and when I read his speech, that love and admiration deepened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He took the slip of paper Obie handed him and read the instructions without pausing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father had visited her—this I understood immediately—but I had to read the message several times before I understood what exactly had taken place. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Werfel! I see you stopped reading those big dull books long enough to actually leave the house!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She had pulled out a book and commenced reading even before the train left. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He misplaces his reading glasses, the ones attached to the Dollar Store string. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The book Grandma was always reading in her bedroom. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I said, “Someday Rufus is going to get religion and read enough of the Bible to wonder about those children’s names.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of information about the Heart in thirty- two books and I read it all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his bedside table were loose matches, unused stationery, a penny dreadful left facedown at the page he had stopped reading. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know one who can just about read, she might know how to write.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot control it completely yet, but sometimes when I’m busy reading or working on a problem, I get a feeling of intense clarity. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle continued reading: “‘Want to send your friend a secret message to meet you after school? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He was reading everything he could find that told of the destruction of European Jewry. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He read it, a few follow-ups, and comments from many other papers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two other white customers along the bar glared at me as I read the sign aloud. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And whatever I read I read for extra credit. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your daddy told me about it a month or more ago. Said if anything happened to him, I was to get the letter out and read it to the fam’ly.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“And remember, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game. So be sure to read the instructions—so you’ll know how to play the game.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Clearly, the proprietor of the Secret Garden has not read or watched the news in the last nine months. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At home, I lie on my bed and read the entire book, and because it’s only thirty-six pages, it doesn’t take long. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If ever I have children I will not read their diaries as I believe that even a child is entitled to some privacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad tapped his temple, his shorthand for I can read your mind. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He observed her fingers, tipped with black nail polish, turn the pages of the book she was reading as she lounged on the fraying orange sofa. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The doctors told Dad to buy a Blubber-O-Meter 3000, a bathroom scale with a giant dial that was easy to read. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

None of those things, though, will improve her math and reading skills, and every carefree summer day she spends puts her further and further behind Alex. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He spread the sheet out quickly on the tabletop and began to read out loud. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilbert had read everything that had ever been written on the magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then a man put two pieces of bread and a apple and a big glass of milk on your tray and said, “Please read the signs to your children. Thank you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She reads the names of every single country. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“And he reads, too, when he sits still long enough.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Of course the inscriptions were usually in Greek which I couldn’t read, but I believed him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I assumed it was a college book and wondered if I would be able to read it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They read about the many women he’d dated, going back to his college years, wondering if any of them might actually have been Soviet agents. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stayed in bed all day and read a supply of Ebonys that Peewee got for me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Woodchuck Lodge,” I read on the door, “is a National Monument supervised by the National Park Service.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read well, better than the preacher, almost as well as Mr. Rice. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, before retiring, she exchanged her ordinary glasses for a pair of reading spectacles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth weighs this answer, tries hard to determine if reading a banned book could harm another person. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

They read the French newspaper together, Safer says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If you just read the quarterly public water reports, as she had, the numbers were right there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The game’s requirement of both analytical and people- reading skills made it a favorite of the engineers, and they spent many a lunch hour in fierce competition. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nancy told me to read it, sign it, and proceed to Indent Processing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emma rolled her eyes and read the last sentence in the word problem. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It may seem odd, I read, to be so careful, but I have reasons. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He walks toward Axel with his head low, eyes lower, like he’s asking permission to go on this adventure, like this might be one of those trips George reads poems about. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My work in teaching him to read had finally paid off a few months earlier. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went over to the bookshelf and picked out a book, and since no one was in the Big Quiet Chair I climbed up and sat down and began to read. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he be all in a tremble just listening to Mrs. Myers read about it? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Madrina can probably read it all over my face that I need to talk. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Though he could read and write High Valyrian, he had little practice speaking it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Right by the window sat a huge leather armchair and a spool table holding a lamp for reading. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After the Associated Press picked up our January 15 story about George Dawson, who learned to read at 98, hundreds of inspired readers wrote him cards and letters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she speaks, I can read her lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt like I'd read through her secret diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And did he teach you to read, too? So he could send you love letters?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night after my mother washed Lynn down, the whole family sat in our bedroom while I read to Lynn from the encyclopedia set my father had bought her for her birthday in September. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I read the stories in the magazine supplement,” I explained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabelle read the stories to Hugo, and he remembered hearing some of the myths when he was in school. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Tutoring your little friend. Seems he doesn’t read or write any better than he climbs trees.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lily was sitting on her bed with her back to the wall, reading. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The more he read, the wider his eyes got. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry read and reread the letter from Sirius all the way back into King’s Cross station. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I read this poem at the Freedom Writers concert: An Innocent Freedom Writer A young black boy filled with innocence and care, looking for someone, but no one is there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Taking out his pocket watch, he squinted to read it, then touched the bridge of his nose as if searching for something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Following their morning class, there was an hour for lunch, and from one o'clock to two o'clock the men read American magazines and newspapers so they were familiar with current events. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The old dry leather went up with a whoosh, and the yellow pages stirred as they burned, as if some ghost were reading them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She picked it up and read, “You will see yourself reflected, and you will have reason to despair. ” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Your grandmother taught me to read when I was only four. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“No. We are a family of diviners. We see and understand things most people overlook. We read the signs of the land.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The tears start rolling down my face faster than I can catch them as I watch his deep-blue eyes, focused on reading every lyric off that crumpled piece of paper. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m still reading it. It's very good,” he answered in terror. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not what he’s done—it’s what he’s going to do! I can read it in him! I know! I know!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Watched their heads swivel as they read, and their fingers point, sometimes too close to the art. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of the words to the sonnet-ballad poem Miss Watson read to us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy sat in the brown leather chair, reading his newspaper and working his crossword puzzles. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King’s Hand, and I learned to read and write. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The mass exodus of the children of Abnegation leaders cannot be ignored or attributed to coincidence,” he reads. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to read in their faces where else they’d been, if their travels had taken them to places like Mongolia, Singapore, Timbuktu. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery’s total horror. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go only as far as the stairs, where I sit down and, by the light of my phone, read two chapters of Wuthering Heights. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped reading the letter because I felt sick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course he read them out loud anyway. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I like Mr. Daniels, but he’s got a thing for reading. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It will be very nice to have you at home for a vacation, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I have never really told anyone this, but...I have a lot of trouble in school. With reading and writing and...well, everything but math and art.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And in the past ten minutes, he’d read the thing three times. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I read a few verses from it and then make a special dua for him. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He would read to her at her bedside as her condition worsened, and he prayed, sometimes blaming himself like he’d done when he was abused. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

More important, I realized that this man would actually read my diary entry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who’d discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She’s always reading something that looks good, too, like a comic book or graphic novel with the words in another language. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even though Big Ma read her Scripture daily, she hadn’t considered forgiveness where Cecile was concerned. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s real literature, the kind of human story people will read in two hundred years,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I found I couldn’t read, and when the light was off I couldn’t sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching them sit there playing with their sons, reading the paper, smoking, or drinking a Coke, I never would have guessed they were on trial for murder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever read. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"It's not that I don't like sharing with you, Starry, but now I can close the door. It's a feast to be alone in there and write and read without anyone coming in." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take the crinkled treasure from his hands and read his chicken-scratch writing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps collectors who had read her two caterpillar books might wish to buy her watercolors—or her carefully preserved caterpillar and butterfly specimens. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Finn tried very hard to look like he was reading about Commander Toad standing at the edge of the black hole. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I love reading fiction to escape," I say. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher brought books by my house every week, and I read every last one of them when we quit workin’ for the day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But Kino’s brain burned, even during his sleep, and he dreamed that Coyotito could read, that one of his own people could tell him the truth of things. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his reading specs aside and looked at me for the first time. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Some nice filthy-rich uncle or grandfather, just like in the stories Hornet reads to us," “Esther is rich," Prosper said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was also reading Friedrich Nietzsche at this time and was influenced by such books as The Anti-Christ and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the one thing ’bout Daddy being gone is I can read all I want right out in the open like at the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could see their faces clearly as they read the note. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be all right,” Seven says, like he read my mind. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And the more time the bodyguard has, the better his ability to read the mind of any potential assailant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And then I have to go back over all the stuff I read when I first got here because it feels like I can’t remember any of it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“So the poetry you read is a way of putting all the things you feel inside on the outside.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He read it until he came to an illustration which he could not understand, because he was ignorant of trigonometry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The placard above it read: “No Northern hemp shall help to punish our felony.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soccer player pulls out her phone to read a text. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

My English teacher flips out because the government is demanding we take yet another test to assess our reading skills, because we’re seniors and pretty soon we might have to read or something. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Looking at art in those three days expands his view of color in painting in a way that reading about it could not. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Another student said his teacher had deliberately ruined his students’ eyesight by making them read a lot, so they could not join the Liberation Army. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From holding the sky,” Thalia muttered, as if she’d read my mind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When societies were simpler, the class landscape was easier to read. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, trying to read it, wondering if I can sue the school if I go permanently cross-eyed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Sima—who was such a fierce Muslim that she marched for the Revolution, who studied the Quran the way very few people do—read the Bible and knew in her heart that it was true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m reading it for fun. I thought it might be the same copy you have here, but it’s not.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Only Todd had been told why they were being held—possession of stolen goods was the only charge mentioned—and none had been read their rights. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Just because someone knows a trick or two doesn’t mean they’re an arcanist. They might know how to set a bone or read Eld Vintic. Maybe they even know a little sympathy. But—” “Sympathy?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A silence fell over the room as they read, interrupted only by the gentle rustling of pages turning and the creaking slide of drawers as Pet explored the archive. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I waited, annoyed, eager to be gone on my rounds so that I could have time to get home and lie in bed and read the next installment of a thrilling horror story. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

TTien, for lack of any other books, he started reading them again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Words were etched on the glass; Thomas could barely read them: Let this half-shank be a warning to all: You can’t escape through the Box Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could not read the expression on her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I was reading about inexplicable loud noises and things falling from the sky, then there was this whop!, and then a flying—” She was gasping. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I realized when I do that I usually start thinking about something I don’t really wanna think about, like my moms or Diego, so I decided to start reading books. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nathan got carsick while reading the first book of the trilogy that he had checked out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Mama got home from work that night, I gave her the letter and sat beside her on the couch while she read it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, and let her work out for herself whether or not he could read it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’ll be fine. Let’s read these papers before Jonafren comes looking for us,” Seven said, taking the file from inside her cloak and placing it on the table. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

These nasty trains, I thought, and all the outrages I’d read of. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harsh with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrutinized him with a mixture of pleasure and pity; or so he read her expression. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was a card featuring a drawing of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway that resulted in the player losing two turns as you read the book and are bored to death. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Shut up and read something, man. Under the bed.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll close my eyes and listen; read to me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In my room, I pulled the green sheet out of my backpack and finally got to read it again. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Here, he and Juana might have stepped out of the wheel rut, and these people from the inland, these hunters, could follow, could read a broken straw or a little tumbled pile of dust. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me to read the art book any more than it had to read the CDs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We have come here this far, from the shackles of the old Africans,” read the priest in Creole. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It meant that we once again had weekend hours to linger in bed, to read the newspaper and go out for brunch and share every thought we had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” he said, as if he was reading my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad could hardly stand to read the newspaper anymore. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But for every word I try to read, Bas turns a little paler and a little more gray. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was late in the evening when I finally finished reading and pasting the last article. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had heard white folks say that colored didn’t need school, that school would be a waste ’cause the colored couldn’t learn their reading anyhow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat by the cold fireplace and considered reading a book, but I’d read everything I had. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After Mum read out the letter, Dad groaned and put his head in his hands. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had read the terms of his life insurance policy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could read her thought: If Jesus’ mother is blacky how come we only know about the white Mary? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t read Abuelo’s letters in a few days, I told her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mate reread the paragraph, this time realizing what she was reading. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crack open David Copperfield and begin to read Chapter One, “I Am Born.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Freak says, reading is just a way of listening, and I could always listen, but writing is like talking, and that's a whole other ball game. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, she told me that book was for the highest group level, and I would have to study what they had read in the past. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I have a month's worth of local newspapers gathered up in my recycling bags, and I bet I could find five stories that read about the same. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We have not been able to contact your mother, Miss ...,” said the man as he squinted to read the writing on the page. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will ask Doctor Snydman when you leave the hospital. But no reading now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sometimes he reads them poetry. Or he starts talking to them in French. Or singing an aria from an opera. Mr. Brewer has quite a good voice.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day the nun concluded a session by asking me why I was so reluctant to read by myself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But reading isn't something an Attendant needs to learn, so it’s frowned upon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He needed to see her phone again, to force himself to read the horrible words again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My favorite time in school was when we did art, which was every afternoon, after the teacher had read to us. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy, too, had his book, and he had tried to read it during the first few days of the journey. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to know, though, just from reading my face as I crossed the room. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had been correcting social studies papers and had just finished reading Noah Gershom's essay on the First Amendment when the thought flew into her head. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finally turned off the phone, and he started to read. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing or reading the string of words, the perceiver can work backwards, fitting them into a tree and recovering the links between the associated concepts. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As Charles read, how could he not think of his sick daughter? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed him the letter and he began to read. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

No one else I knew read things like this, stuff that belonged on grown-ups’ coffee tables. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There is not a single book to read, but it doesn’t matter—we wouldn’t be able to waste the lamp’s kerosene on something as useless as a book. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it was time for Kitty to read her poem, she said, “I’m going to read my poem to Mack.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still sitting on the verandah, reading, when Doctor Nduoma left. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Werner peers over the top of the set: to his left, the woman reads her magazine; to his right, Herr Siedler speaks into the telephone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So, I asked him if he had read it himself, and he said that he hadn’t because he was too busy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Any error or lapse in judgment, we knew, would be magnified, read as something more than what it was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He marched them into his office, closed the door, and read them the riot act. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He would pull a paper off the top of the stack and start reading. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I traveled somewhere, I could never read a sign. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m gonna read every single book they got in the place. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, almost no one in the audience of over four hundred microbiologists seemed interested as I read long sections of Hershey’s letter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He quickly read his favourite poem, the one his friend had underlined, and then set the book by the fire to dry with the others. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I examined Tyler’s notes, read and reread his careful explanations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If you get to stay home and knit all day, why can’t I stay home and read?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He knew she read incessantly—Shakespeare, Henry James, Dickens, Thomas Hardy—but he did not think this could fill her days. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the ordinary people who read about it in the papers said why should the fellow get off, he murdered his wife, didn’t he? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"It's hard to read. She must have been in a real hurry." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many had people sitting on them, eating, reading. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stays up late at night to read my schoolbooks so she can help me with my homework. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s marvelous. Yes. Marvelous. Of course, I haven’t read the whole thing yet. I’m taking my time.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Though I stare at the sky, I can’t read the storm’s signs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They read all the comics and didn’t worry about dripping milk shake on them or bending the covers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Take a moment to read the rubric below and see where you fit in. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Laleh and I settled in the living room—me to read The Lord of the Rings, and her to watch another Iranian soap opera. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Teddy, a kindergartner back then, sat in my bedroom, pulling the Calvin and Hobbes books down from the shelves and pretending to read them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And”—I hand her my notebook, with the word “PRIVATE” facing up—“I thought about it, and I do want you to read this. All of it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The fact that I'm hardly allowed to read anything was also discussed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although I wanted a miracle in school, and knew full well that the miracle should somehow involve academic study, in reality I spent my time reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I read this sentence more than once, many times in fact. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So she decided that she would simply remember everything, absolutely everything she read. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put Daddy’s notebook in my backpack before Sneaky can clown me for what I’m reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Each time, reading the account of Akaky’s christening, and the series of queer names his mother had rejected, Ashoke laughed aloud. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next piece of paper was another drawing, a close- up of the prow of the ship, which read Kraken. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Ellsbergs spent long days alone, reading newspapers and watching television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I can read a little in them, for I have had teaching. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Which might mean she’s going to sneak over to the mortal world for the evening or it might mean she’s going to spend it on the balcony, reading. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gary pointed at another passage and told me to keep reading. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could have just read that and had a father figure to teach me how to treat mothers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wished I could read a new issue, but with all of Cuba’s problems with the U.S., there was little chance I’d be seeing any new American magazines at the pharmacy. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I could read to you a bit? Now that I’m awake? We’re so close to the end.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I clicked on it again—because I recognized it—and I read the lyrics again—because I knew them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s no one to read the documents of indenture, of adoption; no one to acknowledge the significance of the things she values, things that would be meaningful only to someone who cares about her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I think she has read too many accounts of lost children in the newspapers. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. It was only a figure of speech. I’d get in trouble if she knew I was reading these,” she said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wait a minute, is this the same Tommy who used to hate reading? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, they didn’t name the school Robert Frost Junior High, why we always reading him?” someone else asked. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the words I read or the numbers I counted in my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It reads IN MEMORIAM, but it does not specify who it is for. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker was reading in her Shakespeare book when I came back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I must have read that story a thousand times. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the reading room was quietly lost in the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Having read Myers's testimony and reviewed the records that were available about him, I knew that he had a tragic background and a complex personality. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, I borrowed it for a bit of bedtime reading,” said Ron, but very quietly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You can read this while I clean my room.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She studied Jones’ face, but the glasses prevented her reading anything there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has become harder to read people’s status in the clothes they wear, the cars they drive, the votes they cast, the god they worship, the color of their skin. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There is a slogan posted in English all over modern Alexandria that reads, “Alexandria is the mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“Might you,” he said, as if reading my mind, “be hungry?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what he had in mind for you to do with it; as you couldn’t read it, I’m foxed as to what he was a thinking.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had read somewhere that, for true writers, nothing was more important than their art, not even love. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read to the patients and played with those poor injured children and tried to make myself useful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon would pick Bailey: one of the weak kids, high honor student, but shy, introverted, always reading, his eyes red- rimmed behind the glasses. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon finds me like that, in the selfless reading space that the mind loans out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was the same teacher reading his newspaper, same kids, same room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used the baubles to buy several hogs, and that was how Rose Hill came to have pork chops every Sunday after the Scripture was read. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Pastor Tom said that listening to the radio can interfere with Bible reading,” Cari said primly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I wrote a lot of this down for you to read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t whine when it was time for silent reading, even though he knew practically every word in chapter two, “The Call to Adventure,” by heart. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

From its hiding-place he took out his mouse-nibbled volume, turned with religious care its stained and crumbled pages, and began to read Othello. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was upset enough as it was with his own reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It was a book first! One of my favorite books in the world, actually. My dad used to read it to me every night in the first grade.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t read it, but it was a thrill just to know that Mr. Darwin had written it with his own pen in his own hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Klaus stayed up all night reading, which was normally something he loved to do. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ash watched her stepmother’s eyes widen as she read, and a triumphant smile came over her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the morning I’m too distracted to read or do homework. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed into the schoolyard at one of the lunch monitors holding up a sign that read “Eighth Graders.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You can’t read either—unless you’ve learned by now? None of Capricorn’s men can read, any more than Capricorn himself can.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From the books I read, my knowledge of love was vast, but my experience of it was naught. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looks disappointed, but then continues to read. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The simplest way to have impressed Leon would have been to write him a story and put it in his hands herself, and watch as he read it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If he would be so good as to read to them, it would be a kindness indeed! It would amuse away the difficulties of her part, and lessen the irksomeness of Miss Smith’s.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

So every day he would read a chapter of the book. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Some of them admitted that this was the first novel they’d ever read from cover to cover. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The woman in the red hat is looking at you like she can see your brain and read everything in it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He said it as if he were reading it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Then go, return to your cell and read the Psalms. Let them do the work of searching your heart, scaling its mountains and descending its dark valleys. Commit them to your memory.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He read—and then suddenly raised his head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can read Greek, but I only recognized one word before the sea washed it away: Ilepoefr;. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"If we want to win, we can't attack in straight lines. We'll leave leaflets everywhere—in telephone booths, mailboxes, apartment houses—for people to read and to pass on, like a chain letter!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She reads each signature over and over, checking how securely each lock of hair is pasted, scrutinizing each symbol. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If we ask it a question, can you read us the answer?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Charles read the letter twice more and cupped his forehead in his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had a copy of the speech, and I figured I could read the words Princesse had written. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

During the slow times I sat in the quiet room and read books about our church’s history. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I read the rules and looked up all the big words in a dictionary. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o’clock. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that a wonderful man had come up to him as he was trying to read the store signs aloud and had said, “Child, you want to learn, don’t you?” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is so soft, I close my eyes every time she reads, trying to hold in the sound a little longer. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anyone at school would be interested in reading that essay. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I like them all because I can read them now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Probably to impress you. I don't think he read it himself." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I walk to the driver’s side, open the door, and lean in as she’s reading the back of a napkin from a place called the Harlem Avenue Lounge. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I sat on the sofa and I read some more of the book I was reading called Chaos by James Gleick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that what that poem was about? The one I read?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I read, “It’s his daughter. Its an emergency.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up, blinked, then read the letter again, counting as he moved down the page. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took his time reading it, and I resisted the urge to rip it from him as I scrutinized his face for a clue as to what was inside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a document that Perry had read at least a hundred times, never with indifference: Childhood—Be glad to tell you, as I see it, both good and bad. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I torture myself by reading our Facebook messages, going back to the very beginning. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The little girl they chose to read the scripture can’t read. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My sister, Dell, reads and reads and never learns to jump rope or play handball against the factory wall on the corner. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I read it over, this time more carefully. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They say you have pneumonia. Would you like something to read?” he said courteously. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is still difficult at times, but I don’t get that knot in my stomach when I read out loud. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember my dad reading from his poems to Mom and me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day he would devote to reading various periodicals and library books. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know anything that I haven’t seen from a seat in the audience or read in a book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the book he’d read the first time hadn’t looked exactly like this one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther down the hall the doctor, reading Pamela, lifted his head occasionally to listen, and once went to his door and stood for a minute, looking down the hall, before going back to his book. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Richard said that he was a history major in college and studied World War I and read about his assassination in some books. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah glances at me, but I cant read his expression well enough to know if he succeeded or failed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Next time, ask me first before you use sweetgrass on me. Now I’m going to be up, and everyone is asleep. I can’t read with no lights. I’m going to be bored.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In order not to have our notes read or understood by the authorities if they were found, we devised ways of writing that could not easily be seen or deciphered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think again and again of a story we read last year by Ursula Le Guin about a utopian city whose bliss can only exist because of its one horrifying atrocity. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nana wasn’t on the couch, and it looked abandoned without her sitting on it, reading while she watched the twenty-four-hour Bunker live feed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is to be a kitchen election: since no one can read, every candidate is designated by a symbol. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have seen one other example, but it was not so fine as this. And do you possess the books of readings?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We read magazines I stole from the twins and eat baby carrots. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And I’m scared to death, but I want to tell her, keep reading, lady, cause Chapter Two gone be about you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Harry read the first sheet again, this time looking for clues as to what might have made the second sheet valuable. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The fifth scythe, a short man with an odd frown about him, stood and read from a sheet of parchment that could have been hundreds of years old. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She asked him what he was reading, and a conversation began. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When we sat down, Lacey started reading “Song of Myself,” and she agreed that none of it sounded like anything and certainly none of it sounded like Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Come on! I just read the notices in the paper,” he said. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward daybreak, as I sat up, reading in the half-light one of the ballad-sheets on the walls, Sander woke and peered drowsily at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Other people on the street did read the banner, though. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I guess after reading all that Shakespeare I should know what to say. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Headmaster took it and read the writing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like trying to read someone’s mind by dissecting their cerebral cortex. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I had gone with Gram to read while she painted a landscape of Old Joe’s farm, and we’d been walking home through the fields. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth to keep from yelling at him and then with super patience read it through again. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d decipher a phrase, read it over again, pocket it while he worked on the next, until a whole sentence, a whole page was his. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened it, the watchman holding up his light, and read inside, in Wemmick’s writing,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But for a few moments, Tally could read the whole thing, even without her binoculars. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

No one to tell me what to do, what to read, what to say. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were biting all the stuff they read in the papers about wearing colors and flashing signs and whatnot. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh could tell good stories when he wanted to, but he couldn’t read at all. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, we are still not able to read the writings left behind from those ancient cities. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“So many questions. For instance, you wear the queue. I’ve read that it is a badge of slavery imposed by conquest by the Manchus on the Southern Chinese.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the organizers stood and read the speeches they had prepared. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vonetta spent most of her time separating out the different poems; and in between, she read them. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had underestimated just how well read and well informed Mr. Larson was. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Travis visibly tensed up, but he kept reading, also ignoring them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

So the traveler adjusts the first clock to read twelve when it is noon where he is. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I looked at him as I reached him and could read weariness now in the dusty lines of his face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I get to my building still reading the poetry, different from Langston Hughes but with words I like. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When I turn the pages of the book and read the words and the spaces between, I have time to think about these things. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“And it saves us the bother of trying to read his writing. All right, Ben, show Nat around.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just for fun. School reading is too boring. Don’t you think?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read other people’s ideas, not only those of Malthus, but also of Adam Smith, who had written in the previous century about free-market economics and capitalism. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read her letter another time and understood that she had once admired him, there was something in him she was grateful for even if she could not love him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even if you leave your house, I remember reading, it’s best to board it up. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had been pitying myself for not having books to read, and now I saw children who had never read a book. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed that something terrible was beginning to happen in the world, but I tried to shut it out of my mind by reading and writing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, I read The World at the End of the Tunnel aloud to her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Still, he spared a half hour every evening to read to me from his aeronautical books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you read at a time like this?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had a book, but she wasn’t reading; her legs were thrown over the arm of her chair, one bare heel kicking, with obstinate, lethargic rhythm, at the wicker side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Back then the master beat you if you started to learn to read and write. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charity, hope, faith,” he said, reading them aloud. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She brought him leftover sweet-and-sour pork, and went upstairs and read until he joined her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And yet, gradually, her ability to read and do math surpassed that of all but the oldest students. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I feel like she’s mind reading all my secrets, Professor X style. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Amá, please. I just want to stay here and read. I hate parties. I’m just going to sit somewhere by myself. I don’t want to talk to anyone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was obviously some serious piece of news that they were reading. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

After school, I'm on the couch reading a book for homework when the doorbell rings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A home that was full of books Aru had never cracked open because her mother always read to her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For 3/6 the Whim gave a half-warm site to read The Times while flat-capped Trinity types turned the pages of the Telegraph or News Chronicle. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Russ reads directions off a piece of paper and his grandfather makes the necessary turns. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In July 1845, about nine months after Charles read Vestiges, George Darwin was born. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders is giving us twenty pages of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to read by tomorrow and telling us she’s been easy on us so far, but things are about to heat up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Probably the worst thing about being so hungry is I don’t even have enough energy to read my new book: The Stranger by Albert Camus. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So you truly were reading that book when I came across you in the library.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But most of the time I didn’t write, because one day was just like the day before, and sometimes I thought—what’s the use of writing anyway, when nobody is ever going to read it? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I read the poem I had published over and over. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I would, too. I read a book about one. What a remarkable, spirited bird.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she read her voice was louder and seemed to shift in key. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put in Sass chatting with her friends in the courtyard and Sassur reading from Tagore’s book of poems. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the rear, where he always sat, having read somewhere that the seat next to the driver was the most dangerous, he watched his mother’s wild and inexpert shifting with disapproval. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend that first week—and it does feel like spending, like not seeing him is costing me something—doing all my normal things: reading, learning, not dying. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Come here tomorrow at eleven and read to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His quote read that area officials suspected alcohol was a factor in the drowning of the thirteen-year-old. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was still fretting when he got home and found Izzy reading on the couch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read it a third time before it had to go back—I finished it under the bedclothes with a flashlight after Mum had turned off the light. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even when he wakes up, I may not have the nerve to read it to him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t look like it,” said Hermione, who was still reading. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

You have extra French horn players, but they can't read bass clef C parts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They kept reading what other spy rings sent, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But somehow she made it all the way from the front of the room to the back, where I sat reading a comic, without my hearing her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Taylor left the safety of her tent and padded into the kitchen, where her dad sat reading the paper and eating a bowl of cornflakes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

For the longest time I couldn’t bring myself to read it. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read it fifty times in a row. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back when I was twelve, I was in bed reading, and the lights flickered, except they didn’t. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I knew that he read books, because I had got him volumes from the library several times. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had decided to read, and as always, was wishing I had some new books. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lorren said it as if reading off directions for a recipe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, look at the magazines, then. Find words you can read.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back up on my rock and watched them go everywhere, and then I zipped up my bag and went over everything I’d just read about Mong and Rondell in my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I read this, I laughed out loud. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So she picked up one of the strips of paper and read it aloud, first in English: “Do not fight and air your dirty laundry in public. To the victor go the soils.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Russian is reading what sounds like letters of the alphabet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once again he turned toward the jurors, swiveling the sheriffs report in their direction as if to suggest they read along with him despite their distance across the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

One close friend calls to tell me she has read an essay of mine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have changed the names of the family in order to protect them, but in all other respects, everything you will read here is factual. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

We would just sit on the bench and read while others played around us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Just started to teach Nigel to read and write,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I was going to read it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Weary told Billy about neat tortures he’d read about or seen in the movies or heard on the radio— about other neat tortures he himself had invented. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

While other kids spent their afternoons playing outside, I would be inside my house studying or reading a book. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z