recreational reading
Reading for fun
Recreational reading is reading done for pleasure rather than work, study, or obligation.
The term appears most often in educational contexts, where it distinguishes voluntary reading from assigned texts: The library promotes recreational reading during summer break.
The activity itself is simply reading for fun—the formal label exists mainly for surveys and school programs.
- book clubsOrganizations discussing shared literature
- book club pickShared reading assignment
- escapismHabitual mental retreat
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- cozy mysteryLow-violence amateur sleuth genre
lost in a book · short stories · graphic novels · relaxation · curling up · mystery · romance · guilty pleasure · stress relief · self-discovery · historical fiction · science fiction · empathy · public libraries · personal library · literary festivals · memoirs · poetry
- reading skillsvocabulary, literacy skills, decoding, grammar, fluency
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Assigned essential literature
homework · coursework · study · exam preparation · remedial reading
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Student assignments for outside class
coursework · reading assignments · exam preparation · cramming
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