When is National Book Lovers Day 2022
National Book Lovers Day 2022
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
When is National Book Lovers Day 2023
National Book Lovers Day 2023
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Why we celebrate National Book Lovers Day?
National Book Lovers Day is celebrated to enjoy reading books. This day encourages people to ignore watching movies and prefer reading. Reading improves imagination and literacy. Thanks to books, we know the history of our world. They are of great value. Thus, on this holiday, it is worth honoring those who wrote and protected (or write and protect) books. And also, people express respect for those who read them.
No one knows exactly where this holiday came from. A book lover is a person who likes to read books and cares about them.
What Do People Do?
People celebrate this day in different ways. Some people go to the public library for a new book or buy new ones for their home libraries. Communities of book lovers arrange meetings and share their impressions about the works they have read. They arrange quizzes and exchange books. People make lists of writers they will read or listen to (audiobooks). Parents teach children the alphabet.
How to Celebrate National Book Lovers Day?
National Book Lovers Day is celebrated annually on August 9th. The holiday is quite popular all over the world. Reading a book is the easiest way to join the celebration. Reread your favorite novel or head to the bookstore for a novelty. We have prepared a selection of interesting books for you to help you make the right choice. Save it for yourself not to lose it. And also write your favorite books in the comments below.
A selection of interesting books
- Dystopian Books
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Detective Books
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Popular Science Books
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- Novels
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Fantasy Books
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
5 interesting book-related facts
- There are over 120 million books in the world. A person is not able to read all the existing books in his entire life.
- The most expensive book costs $30.8 million. It is Codex Leicester by Leonardo da Vinci, and Bill Gates bought it.
- Johannes Gutenberg used a printing press in the mid-1440s for the first time. He took the mechanisms of the wine press as the basis of the invention. Bible printing was the main job of the innovator. By the way, the Bible is the best-selling book of all time.
- Speed-reading competitions are one of the most controversial mental competitions. At the moment, it is known that Howard Steven Berg from the USA set the Guinness record for speed reading. He read 25,000 words per minute. The average adult reads about 240 words per minute.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling is the most popular novel in the world. In total, over 500 million copies have been sold. Despite this, American Catholic school policy opposes the reading of this book since it stands against the propaganda of spells, curses, and magic.
National Book Lovers Day Observances
List of dates for other years
Weekday | Date | Year | Name |
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Friday | 09 August | 2019 | National Book Lovers Day |
Sunday | 09 August | 2020 | National Book Lovers Day |
Monday | 09 August | 2021 | National Book Lovers Day |
Tuesday | 09 August | 2022 | National Book Lovers Day |
Wednesday | 09 August | 2023 | National Book Lovers Day |
Friday | 09 August | 2024 | National Book Lovers Day |
Saturday | 09 August | 2025 | National Book Lovers Day |
Sunday | 09 August | 2026 | National Book Lovers Day |
Monday | 09 August | 2027 | National Book Lovers Day |
Wednesday | 09 August | 2028 | National Book Lovers Day |
Thursday | 09 August | 2029 | National Book Lovers Day |
Friday | 09 August | 2030 | National Book Lovers Day |
Saturday | 09 August | 2031 | National Book Lovers Day |
Monday | 09 August | 2032 | National Book Lovers Day |
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