To non-native speakers of English - what was your first book ...

Er, I feel a bit dumb. The first book I read in English was "Ghost Beach", by R.L.Stine. I loved that Goosebumps books.

mummy mysteries is my 1.

The first book that I read in english was: "The shadow line",by J. Conrad,but I didn't like it,at all. So,I consider as first book,a Shakespeare's comedy,read in english: "Twelfth Night, or What You Will". A really good comedy,in my opinion!

charles Dickens ..... Tales of Two cities

the simplifiied verison

Who else and what else? I know you read a lot :-)

Best wishes,

Divine

Hmmmm (The Lord of the Flies).At the time of reading it,I disliked it. But as time passed by, I found its symbolism expressive.

'The Princess Diaries' was the first English book I read,I brought it from my first and also my best Singaporean friend.she likes to read books and therefore when at the end of 2005,she became the top student in English,I was not surprised.

Nor was I when I did. [H]

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I used to start reading a story and never finish it , because i wanted to translate every word i don't get , so after few pages i get bored but i overcame this problem

First books which I have read in English was simplified versions of various novels. It was very easy and... boring So then I starte