Here you can find some questions you can ask your partner during conversation about books:

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1. What is your favourite book?

2. What kind of book do you like best?

3. Are there any kinds of books that you particularly dislike? If so, what are they? Why do you dislike them?

4. What book genres do you know?

5. How often do you read books?

6. When do you usually read books?

7. Do you buy books or borrow them from a library ?

8. How often do you go to the library?

9. Do you read books on your computer?

10. Do you find downloading books from the Internet a theft ?

11. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books?

12. If there is a movie based on a book that you really enjoyed, will you go to the cinema to see it?

13. Do you think that books are facing the danger of being dominated by movies?

14. What are the most important factors in evaluating books?

15. Has any book ever made you cry?

16. Who is your favourite writer?

17. Who is your favourite hero of a book?

18. What was the last book you read? Did you like it?

19. Do you sometimes find it difficult to tear yourself away from a book?

20. What kinds of books have an educational value?

favourite (level: pre-intermediate)
best liked
My favourite colour is green.

book genre (level: upper intermediate)
a style of a book (e.g. adventure, drama, fantasy, romance, thriller)
I don’t like reading romances. They are too naive.

to borrow (level: intermediate)
to get something from someone with the intention of giving it back within a particular period of time
Students don’t borrow many books nowadays, because they can find a lot on the Internet.

library (level: intermediate)
a building in which many books are collected so that people can read them there or borrow them for a particular period of time, normally for free
I will have to go to the National Library, because they don’t have the book I need in my local one.

to download (level: upper intermediate)
to copy programs, files, information into a computer’s memory
Downloading music, films and books from the internet is illegal.

theft (level: upper intermediate)
the act of taking something that belongs to someone else
The shop in the corner suffered several thefts during the last weeks.

fiction (level: intermediate)
the type of a story (in a book or in a film) that is not based on real people and events; it often includes magic, imaginary characters and events
The book is fiction, although the main idea was taken from the history.

non-fiction (level: intermediate)
the type of a story (in a book or in a film) that is based on real events rather than imaginary characters and facts
I’m interested in the history of Middle Ages and that’s why I really enjoy nonfiction stories based on medieval culture.

to face (level: upper intermediate)
to deal with something (e.g. a problem)
He was told that his wife is seriously ill long time ago, but he is still refusing to face the truth.

to dominate (level: intermediate)
to gain control over somebody or to become more important than something
He always talks so much and dominates every meeting.

to evaluate (level: intermediate)
to judge the importance or value of something
I’m not an expert, so it’s difficult for me to evaluate this painting.

hero (level: pre-intermediate)
the main male character of a story (female: heroine)
Sherlock Holmes is a widely known hero in the whole world.

to tear oneself away from sth (level: upper intermediate)
to make oneself stop doing something that they really enjoy
I just couldn’t tear myself away from the new computer game and as a result, I spend the whole day playing.