Reading train - Improve your reading skills

how to develop reading habit?

suggest me few gud novels,story books,etc....;

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1. The way I got into it was when I was a little girl, my mom checked out books on tape along with the paperback book, so I could read along. I know it seems cheesy, but I reccomend that method to everyone who comes to my library, and it works for them as well. =)
2. You have to follow your interests. Walden by Thoreau is a brilliant novel :D
3. If you have a good imagination you could read Tolkien's stuff. Start with the Hobbit and work your way down! :-)
4. Madhuri, I would suggest James Patterson. He writes very short chapters / page and a half, max. He's really a good mysters/suspense writer, too. I read him alot on the subway because I could always stop at the end of a chapter rather than in the middle of one. Go to a used bookstore and get one for a buck or so. That way if you don't like it you didn't really pay much. But I really believe you'll enjoy his work and the short chapters won't bore you to tears when you're ready to stop reading for a while. PJ M
5. i like the bible its good even if your not religious you can read it as if its just any other book its good because has alot of stories and you don't have read it front to back i suggest new king james version or the international something or other. they are revised to common english
6. go to your library and pick a couple of books you like the look and feel of - go by the colours on the cover, the descriptions ; takle your time and browse. If you pick a turkey don't worry, use the info to help you choose next time you go - and go every week. Lots of people start by reading series - say Agatha Christie who wrote detective stories, some starring Miss Marple, some about Hercule Poirot. More up to date and pacier (and gorier) books abound - lots of people like the writer John Grisham who writes lots of books that have different plots but the same style. My daughters both liked Harry Potter; I prefer Terry Pratchett. You can get books that tell stories set in the past, try Jean Plaidy or Wilbur Smith, the recent past and present in other countries like America or Botswana (No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, anything by Ed McBain, ); try short stories ; De Maupassant and Saki are good writerss for this. Kids books are often great - I love anything by Louis Sacher including Holes. Soem old classics are actually fantastic books - Wuthering Heights for instance. A lot of people look in the trolley that has the books that otrher people have just returned - invariably there will be a corking book in there.
7. The whole Harry Potter series, just read one or two books, and you'll get hooked!