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I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: 'Anthem,' by Ayn Rand; '1984,' by George Orwell; or 'Brave New World,' by Aldous Huxley.

I would ask, 'Have you read '1984'? Have you read 'Brave New World'? If so, I'm sorry, but you read science fiction.'

Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative.

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents' bookshelf.

I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel.

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books.

If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi.