Are you a reader.....

[micmak]

As an adult what was the first adult book you read. In my case I was 14. It was 1963 and I read Nevil Shute's The Chequer Board. I became a great fan of his and have read all his books. Some great some not so good. So over to you. What was your first adult read?

[craft1948]

Jane Eyre was my first adult book, and I think I was about 12 when I first read it. I am an avid reader....

[boxtops]

Probably Shakespeare, I was quite keen on it as a child.

BTW - did you see this from me yesterday? http://www.theanswerb...k/Question971390.html

[sara3]

I read The Omen, and Assault on Precinct 13 when I was about 11.

strange child, I was!

[pastafreak]

For me-Little Women and also Jane Eyre-when I too was 12-ish, followed by To Kill a Mocking Bird.

[tiggerblue10]

Probably "Z for Zachariah". I think I was about 14 as well. I did read The Hobbit and LOTR but I thought they were kids books at the time.

[jackthehat]

I'm a voracious reader.
But I have no idea what was, or when I read, my first grown-up book.

[The Builder]

............... er................... Lady Chatterley's Lover ................ when I was ten
Well ............... had to be done didn't it?

[micmak]

No boxy I had not seen that question. Thankyou for it. I will head to Aldi when they reopen.♥

[Brinjal]

Rebecca by Daphine Du Maurier at about age 13

[chelle7272]

It was To Kill a Mockingbird - probably the same as many who went to school the same years I did.
It remains my favourite to this day.

[micmak]

At 14 it sounds like I was a late developer. lol.

[boxtops]

Great micmak, sorry to digress on your own thread but I knew you would want to!

[boxtops]

^^PS they are open tomorrow, it's a tall box like Heroes.

[Buenchico]

First adult book?
I can't recall exactly which title it was, but I was working my way through all of Sherlock Holmes around the age of 9 or 10.

[The Builder]

No worries Mic ........... I didn't understand a word of it ..................

Still don't ;o)

[cazzz1975]

I have always read non fiction, I prefer manuals and information books to stories, though I read a lot of stories as a child, I soon got a thirst for encyclopedia's, manuals and statistics.

[micmak]

I have also found that if you have read a good book, don't go to see the film.

[evedawn]

I read wilbur smiths "a falcoln flies"which is most definately an adult book(some very tastefully and realistic sexual scenes amongst the pages). I got a telling off big time from my teacher as I was ELEVEN . His books are so well written i've been a fan ever since

[micmak]

As a young child we could take a book to school on library afternoon. I took a Secret Seven book. My parents were sent a letter saying Enid Blyton was not allowed in school as she was a communist !!!

[dotty.]

Jane Eyre here too, and Little Women, then when I was about 13 I started reading Alistair McLean for some reason, read lots of his, then Winston Graham's Poldark books,