Readers are those particular beings, who enjoy getting lost between the pages of books, but each of us is a world and we have different hobbies and customs when reading.
On the Internet you can find numerous lists of the types of readers there are, urging the reader to define himself with one of them according to his habit and pigeonholing him even according to the type of books he reads, but I am one of those who believes that there is not only one type that defines us, but a set of them. This is the list I have compiled:
- Reader hater: reader who finds fault with all the books he reads and no argument completely satisfies him.
- Enamored Reader: A reader who likes every story they read and falls in love with every aspect of the story.
- Critical reader: reader who hates or deeply loves a book and knows how to argue his opinion very well, being able to destroy or praise a book with it.
- Careless reader: reader who is always losing bookmarks -or whatever he uses to mark where he is going-.
- Monogamous reader: reader of only one book. He doesn't choose another reading until he finishes the one he has in hand.
- Polygamous reader: reader of several books. You can read multiple books at the same time without mixing stories or characters.
- Engaged reader: reader who finishes reading even though he doesn't like the book.
- Uncompromising reader: a reader who doesn't mind abandoning one book for another when he doesn't like one.
- 'Tsundoku' reader: reader who keeps buying books despite having a pile of unread earrings (Note: 'Tsundoku' is not exactly the meaning of 'Tsundoku', but it is very close to it).
- Literary reader: reader who is indifferent to when the novel was written or if it is a trend. He only seeks the greatest literary experience and does not mind rereading books.
- Bestseller reader: reader who only reads the books that are in fashion.
- Fandom reader: a devoted reader of one or several authors, reading absolutely all of them regardless of whether they are good or bad (although everything the author does that provokes their fandom is good, of course).
- Classist reader: reader who only reads books that have been published by a publisher. "If it's self-published, it's poop."
- Introverted reader: reader who is characterized by reading a certain genre and does not get out of it even if you give him the books.
- Extroverted reader: adventurous reader who reads everything that comes into their hands, regardless of the genre or type of publication.
- Bibliophile reader: reader who enjoys seeing their shelves full of books and that they are beautiful more than their content, although they do like to read.
- Impostor reader: "reader" who only pretends that he likes to read, but not really. He prefers posture because "now reading is cool."
As I said before, each reader is a world and I think that in reality, we are all free spirits, complex, who become different types of reader depending on the book in hand. I, for example, am a literary reader, extroverted, committed, a 'Tsundoku' reader, a partial bibliophile (because I like to read, but I also like to see my shelves full of books) and, sometimes, depending on the circumstances, I can be monogamous or polygamous.
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