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53 Ways to Get Closer to Books
by Hwang Bo-reum
From the author of the international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, a heartfelt invitation to reflect on your relationship with reading and celebrate the joys of books.
Why do we read? What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate, personal experience of reading for pleasure?
Rarely do we ask these profound, expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading. In each of the essays in Every Day I Read, Hwang Bo-reum contemplates what living a life immersed in reading means. She goes beyond the usual questions of what to read and how often, exploring the relationship between reading and writing, when to turn to a bestseller vs. browse the corners of a bookstore, the value of reading outside of your favorite genre, falling in love with book characters, and more.
Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection, encouraging book-lovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart is an attitude to life, one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder. Lifelong and new readers will take away something from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within.
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (2/5/2026)
I'm reading Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan and Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-Reum. Enjoying both!
-Michele_P
"[An] affable memoir in essays ... Hwang [makes] an earnest and convincing argument that the best antidote to cynicism is time spent inside someone else's mind ... Dedicated bibliophiles and casual readers alike will adore this." —Publishers Weekly
"Hwang offers...advice to like-minded souls on how to join her in a life of reading...Most every book lover will sense in [her] a kindred spirit, making this volume an essential addition to any collection." —Library Journal
"[A] cozy ode to reading." ―Booklist
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Hwang Bo-reum is the author of the international bestseller Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop and the essay collections Every Day I Read, Trying Kickboxing for the First Time, The Perfect Distance, and Simple Living. She lives in Seoul.
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