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Books have played a crucial role in our lives from the time when there were clay tablets and even today when there are e-books.

National Book Lovers Day is dedicated to the reader in every one of us. Although Book Lovers Day is celebrated globally, its origin and creator are still a mystery. The purpose of Book Lovers Day is to have the opportunity to reread a beloved book.

On August 9, people every year celebrate National Book Lovers Day. This unofficial holiday is celebrated to inspire bookworms to honour reading and literature. The recommendation is for people to put their smartphones and other electronic devices aside and pick up a book instead. Books have played a crucial role in our lives from the time when there were clay tablets and even today when there are e-books. The smell of a rare first edition book discovered in an antique book collection or the sight of a pristine new book from the neighbourhood grocery store can all evoke happy memories. Reading aloud to yourself as a child might help you become engrossed in a story so compelling that you find yourself wondering where to find the next book in the series after it's over. This day, which is National Book Lovers Day, is dedicated to the reader in every one of us.

History and significance

Although Book Lovers Day is celebrated on a global basis, its origin and creator are still a mystery. The purpose of Book Lovers Day is to celebrate the art of reading, wonderful literature, and having the opportunity to reread a beloved book. In April, the United Nations observes copyright and book days in several nations. This is distinct from the August event known as World Book Lovers Day. How to observe the day?

Read a book

Start a National Book Lovers Day club

Watch a book adaptation

Donate to a book Visit a local library

Quotes

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." – Margaret Fuller

"A word after a word after a word is power." – Margaret Atwood

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time." – Carl Sagan

"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world." – Napoleon Bonaparte

"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company, by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors." – Charles Baudelaire

"When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young." – Maya Angelou

"Books are a uniquely portable magic." – Stephen King

"If you don't like to read, you haven't found the right book." – JK Rowling

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you." – Barack Obama

"Classic – a book which people praise and don't read." – Mark Twain