25 Book Conversation Starters for Readers
By the Bakkar team ·
Readers are easy to talk to and hard to impress. These openers get to their favourite book, and the story of how they found it.
Easy openers
- What are you reading right now?
- Paper, Kindle or audiobook?
- A book you have read more than once?
- Hindi, English or both: what do you read in?
- Fiction or non-fiction?
- Last book you could not put down?
- Do you finish books you don't like?
Fun ones
- A book everyone loves that you didn't?
- Which fictional character would be your best friend?
- Judge a book by its cover: ever bought one just for that?
- Book or movie version, which won?
- Worst book you were forced to read in school?
- Your bookshelf in three words?
Go deeper
- A book that changed how you think?
- Who got you into reading?
- A line from a book you still remember?
- Which book would you give to your younger self?
- A writer you would love to meet?
- Do you have a book you keep going back to when life is hard?
For a book Adda
- Book swap this weekend, who's in?
- One recommendation each, any genre.
- Monthly read: let's pick one together.
- Best bookshops in our city?
- Indian authors everyone should read?
- Currently reading, drop a photo.
Keeping it going
Offer a swap: one book you think they would like for one they think you would. Then actually read it, and tell them which part stayed with you.
Finding people who are into books
On Bakkar, Books is one of the 20 interests you can pick for your profile (up to 5). Discover shows people who share the most interests with you first, and highlights the ones you share on their card, so an opener from this page is never out of the blue. More openers for any mood are in our 40 conversation starters.
