A Simple Way to Get More Pleasure From Reading

Pair books up and read them as a couple

Melissa Gouty
Literature Lust
Published in
3 min readApr 22, 2020

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Reading is supposed to be fun. Sometimes we read for information. Sometimes we want a different viewpoint. Sometimes we read for pure pleasure.

Why not get more information, more perspective, more emotional impact, AND more pleasure every time you read?

All you have to do is play literary matchmaker.

Think of it like a dating app for books where you look for similar interests.

Find books that connect to each other and pair them up

Let them hook-up in heated relationships and witness the spontaneous combustion of mental fire. Feel the sparks of their union bursting into your consciousness, then burrowing into your mind. A conflagration of literary lust.

Watch what happens when characters wander from one book to the next. Events in one book are portrayed differently in another. Opposite viewpoints in separate works collide. Minor characters become major. Backstories come to the forefront.

Book pairings, matched like the perfect wine to dinner, create a tasteful experience with a lasting impression.

Try these pairings of “classics” with…

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Melissa Gouty
Literature Lust

Writer, teacher, speaker, and observer of human nature. Content for HVAC & Plumbing Businesses. Author of The Magic of Ordinary. LiteratureLust and GardenGlory.