Reading in Public

Spotted Reading In Public: Summer Reads On The Way To The Beach

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Neil Gaiman, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, A Confederacy of Dunces, Reading in Public, Nick Hornby, Jules Verne, Spotted Reading in Public, Dune, Books News

New Yorkers read in public constantly, and we've spotted them reading plenty this summer on the way to the beach. And like the City itself, the collec...

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On Planes And Trains: What Have We Spied You Reading Lately?

Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Ernest Hemingway, Stieg Larsson, Charlaine Harris, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Spotted Reading, The Orchid Thief, A Farewell to Arms, Slidepollajax, Spotted Reading in Public, Reading, Reading in Public, Reading Books, Books News

We've been watching you again, and we've been spotting you reading all sorts of books. From vampire fiction to Hemingway novels, you've been across...

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Spotted Reading In Public: The Classics We Saw You Reading (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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People seem to be reverting to the comfort of reading classics in the cold weather. We spotted lots of them out there, among the breezy reads. What we...

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Spotted Reading In Public

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the holidays, we've noticed more and more -- and more! -- eReaders around town. From Kindles to iPads, we've seen people enthralled by the books...

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Reading In Public

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the ingenious way to get real life book recommendations: spying on people reading in public. You can read reviews all you like, but you will neve...

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Shakeseare, Suzanne Collins And Patti Smith

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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To discover new books you can read reviews, but you can also pause and take a look around while out in public. What's a better way to find out what bo...

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Reading In Public

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reading In Public, one of our favorite series at Huffington Post Books, allows us to take the pulse of the world by way of seeing what its people are ...

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Reading In Public

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reading in Public, Born to Run, Plato, Carson McCullers, Flaubert, Christopher Mcdougall, Dorian Gray, Slidepollajax, Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Madame Bovary, Spotted Reading Publicly, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Flannery O'Connor, Books News

It's been too long since we've shared with you the pulse of the people. It's a little segment we like to call Reading In Public! Here's how it works:...

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Trains, Planes, On The Street...

Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's time for another installment of Reading In Public! When someone takes a book into a public place, it's a big commitment. We have lots of things ...

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From New York City Subways To North Carolina Airports

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stranger From Abroad, Women in Love, Reading in Public, Anna Karenina, Shape of Content, DH Lawrence, Slidepollajax, Perfect, Matterhorn, The Shack, Cruel Hoax, Reading, Bestsellers, Books News

Subways, airports, buses--we keep an eagle eye out and the moment we hear a page turn, our ears perk up. We're on the lookout for what people are rea...

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Bookspotting In Brooklyn: Photographs Of People Reading From Chris Arnade

The New Yorker | Posted by Macy Halford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris's portraits are undeniably cool, but they're also sweet: living and reading in Brooklyn makes these subjects smile. Us too...

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Reading In Public: What Are People Reading? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Reading, Reading in Public, Oscar Wao, Books, Subways, Bestsellers, Reading on the Train, Ereaders, Books News

Sometimes the best ideas for the next book on your reading list can come from the person sitting next to you on the bus. The books that people choose ...

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Reading In Public: What Are People Reading? (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Too Big to Fail, Stieg Larsson, Reading, Three Cups of Tea, John Grisham, Slidepollajax, Reading in Public, Ann Patchett, Books, Infinite Jest, The Girl Who Played With Fire, Bestsellers, Books News

Love reading books and trying to figure out what to pick up next? Look no farther than the person sitting next to you anywhere in public. Instead of l...

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Book Covers: Still Important In The Age Of eBooks?

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Among other changes heralded by the e-book era, digital editions are bumping book covers off the subway, the coffee table and the beach. That is a los...

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Reading In Public: They're Not The Big New Bestsellers You'd Expect (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every so often we gather observations from around the country of what people are reading in public. What people were reading in the fall is a bit diff...

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