365 Questions to Ask Book Lovers on Social Media Every Day

Looking to engage your bookish audience on social media more easily? I created this list of proven “questions of the day,” which is specially designed to get the most engagement on Bookstagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms for myself, then I thought, “Why not share it?!”

Here, you’ll find one thought-provoking prompt for every day of the year, so that you never run out of interactive and unique Bookstagram ideas to ask your audience. Find captions below that get readers feeling and talking.

Reading by the sea or a log cabin in the woods?

Name a quote that gives away the book WITHOUT saying the title…

What one book is guaranteed to put someone in a good mood?

Describe your love life using a book title.

Describe your current read in three words without naming the title…

Share ONE reading habit you are struggling to quit.

If you could get coffee with any author alive or dead, who would it be?

What are the best road trip audiobooks of all time?

What one book do you most regret not reading in your life so far?

Replace one word in a book title with “butter”.

Name ONE book you WANT… right now.

Name a book that takes place in New York City.

Who taught you how to read?

What book instantly takes you back to your childhood?

Describe your current read using just emojis…

Cats are better reading companions than dogs. Change my mind!

If your life was a book, what would the title be?

Using only 3 emojis, tell us your favorite book.

Have you met any famous authors?

Which reading experience should everyone try at least ONCE?

What are some of the best books  worth reading right now?

Name a book featuring the main character’s name in the title!

Share an unusual story that happened to you in a bookstore.

What is your favorite book originally written in a language you don’t understand?

If you could have only 5 books in life, what would you choose?

Name your top 3 books of all time…

Describe the feeling of reading a good book using 3 emojis…

Name a book title that has the word “EAT” in it?

Name a book that was set in Chicago.

What’s your favorite reading snack?

Name one word book title without an “R” in its name.

What book adaptation have you watched 1000 times and still want to watch again?

How old were you when you learned to read?

Tell us a book title without the letter “E” in its name… I bet you can’t!

Given unlimited funds, what is something you would put in your dream home library?

If you could bring one author back to life for one more book, who would it be?

Tell us about your “happy place” for reading.

By age 30, what is one book everyone should have read?

You’ve been kidnapped. 2 hours later you are returned because you won’t stop talking about this book…

Name ONE book that made you happy…

What was your dad’s favorite book?

Has a book ever changed your life?

Name a book with the word “LOVE” in the title.

Describe your favorite book in 3 words, and others will try to guess it.

Which place would you most like to visit from a book?

If you could get 1 more book from any series, what would it be?

What is the best book ever written about a MAN?

If you had to be trapped in a book for one month, which would you choose?

What book genuinely terrified you?

What is the best book to read on a plane?

What is the most annoying thing readers do?

Name one book all couples should read together!

What’s your favorite word?

This or that: bookstore or library?

Name a book that changed your life forever.

What’s your favorite book quote?

The last book you read is now your life story. What was it?

Name a book that takes place in London.

What is the best thing you’ve done that made your reading life easier?

What was your favorite required read in high school?

What is your favorite underrated book that most of us have probably not heard of?

Describe your day using only a book title.

What’s your go-to reading beverage?

If you could WRITE like one author, who would it be?

Who is the most famous author you have ever met?

What book have you borrowed but never given back?

Name your favorite author who uses a pen name.

What is the one book you couldn’t live without?

Which movie made you think: “The book was way better”?

What is on your literary bucket list?

Which book character do you think has your same personality?

What is your best advice to a new reader?

Do you donate to book charities?

Name a book that has the word “good” in the title?

Describe your favorite book in the most boring way possible!

Which book does everyone love but you think is overrated?

What book can you speak about for HOURS?

If you had to read the SAME BOOK over and over again, which BOOK would you choose?

What book do you have more than one copy of because you like it so much?

There are no book titles that end with the letter “T”. Prove me wrong.

Have you ever won a reading or writing contest and what did you win?

What book made you laugh out loud?

Tell us the FIRST book that comes to mind when you think of your BEST FRIEND?

What was the LAST movie adaptation of a book that you saw?

The best book I’ve read so far this year is…

Describe your favorite book in the shortest way possible?

Which author in the entire history of mankind do you admire the most?

Say a famous quote from a book that fans of it instantly know!

What should this chapter of your life be called?

What book are you grateful for?

What’s your favorite opening line from a book?

Describe your ex using only a book title.

There isn’t a book title that starts with the letter “X.” Prove me wrong.

Describe your perfect reading spot using only emojis!

Name a song that is also a book title.

If you could only read books starting with the FIRST LETTER of your name, what would you choose?

What piece of reading technology do you hope gets invented in your lifetime?

Recommend me a good mystery novel.

This or that: fiction or nonfiction?

Name a book title without the letter “A” in it… I bet you can’t!

Describe your perfect reading vacation if money was no object.

Be brave. Tell me an unpopular opinion you have about reading?

The book that traumatized me most as a child was… ?

What book character can you most relate to?

Which of your kid’s favorite books do you secretly love?

What book made you cry?

Recommend a heart-warming book that everyone can enjoy.

Did you have an inspiring reading teacher at school?

What classic book did you actually love reading?

You have enough money in your wallet for one book. What are you buying?

Name a book title that asks a question.

What’s an older book that young people have probably never heard of?

No book title starts with “A” and ends with “A.” Prove me wrong.

Which book character is your dream dinner guest?

What is the OLDEST book you still own?

What book would be much better if you added crazy cats to it?

Recommend a great book for cozy evenings.

What book do you have an irrational LOVE for?

Choose any three authors, dead or alive, to write the ULTIMATE book together…

What is the best book  ever written about a WOMAN?

Share an unusual story that happened to you in a library.

Which book had the BEST ending ever?

You can erase one book from your head and watch it again from scratch. Which book will you choose?

Name a book that was set in France.

Share a book title that has a food name in it.

Recommend a book that your book club couldn’t stop talking about.

Say ONE THING to instantly ruin a book.

What book have you never read but REALLY want to?

What book series did you spend the most money on as a youngster?

What’s your favorite motivational book quote?

Post a book title without an “S” in its name.

Name the most annoying thing people in libraries do?

If you found out today was your last day on Earth, what would you read?

Describe the weirdest thing you read as a teenager?

What is the most memorable book gift you have ever received?

If your life was a book, what would the title be?

What is the best reading gadget you bought recently?

Ruin a book title by changing one letter.

Tag someone who recommended a great book to you and tell us the title.

Name a book that was set in California.

Replace one word in a book title with “cats”.

What’s your best reading advice to new parents?

Suggest a book people should read when they are feeling down.

What line from a book do you quote most often?

Tell us a book with the most unusual title you have heard of.

What book do you consider a masterpiece and why?

What’s the one reading habit you wish you could give up?

Name a book that takes place in Texas.

What’s the FIRST book you ever read?

This or that: book or audiobook?

Which book do you want your life to be like?

Name a book with a color in the title.

Complete this sentence: Books are…

Recommend a book that was so good, you literally couldn’t put it down!

Name a book character with the same first letter as your name.

Name a book you have read more than once.

Harry Potter is overrated… Change my mind!

Name a book title that starts with an “R” and ends with an “R”!

What was your favorite book in school?

What is one book that you would tell everyone to read at least once in their life?

Name a book title with a woman’s name in it.

Who is your favorite book villain?

What childhood reading habit do you still have today?

Complete this sentence: reading is…

Name a book title that has the weather in it?

Have you ever cried over a book?

How do you cure a book hangover?

How many books have you read so far this year?

What is the most CLEVER book title you have heard?

If your life was a book quote, what would it be?

Share a cool book fact that surprised you when you found out.

What irritates you the most in bookstores?

Tag your favorite book lover.

There are no book titles about animals. Prove me wrong.

What was your favorite book when you were 10 years old?

What great book have you read recently?

What’s the weirdest book you’ve ever read?

Name your top 3 books of all time!

Never have I ever read…

What is the greatest lesson a book taught you?

What reading superpower do you wish you had?

What is your favorite book title and why?

Where is your favorite place to read?

What is one book that comes to mind when you think of your mother?

Best book of the year so far?

Which author wrote the most books on your shelves?

What’s the perfect gift for a book lover?

Name a book that relaxes you.

What book breaks your heart every time you think about it?

There are no books that end with the letter “M.” Prove me wrong.

What reading tradition would you like to pass onto your children?

What was the LAST book you searched for online?

What’s the saddest book ever?

This or that: print book or ebook?

What was your favorite bedtime story?

What names sound like they belong in a fantasy novel?

What’s one trope that ALWAYS ruins a book for you?

What’s the secret to getting out of a reading slump? Share your advice.

Quote a book without saying its title — let others guess!

What instantly ruins your reading mood?

What book do you regret not reading sooner?

This or that: romance novel or mystery book?

Answer “Why haven’t you finished your book yet?” in the wittiest way.

What are your guilty pleasure reads?

Name a novel set in England.

Who taught you to love books?

What book should be adapted?

Tag your favorite bookstore.

Share a book title that rhymes with “time.”

The secret to reading the classics is…?

If you owned a bookstore, what would you name it?

What author blew you away at a live event?

This or that: new or used books?

Longest time you’ve kept a library book (accidentally or not)?

What literary couple has lasted longest in your heart?

What book would you hand to your 18-year-old self?

Best book smell: new pages or old library?

What’s your favorite beach to read on?

What’s the best book to give a child?

There are no book titles starting with “Q”. Fact or fiction?

What book adaptations are actually good?

Name a TV show with a character who belongs in a novel.

Share your meet-cute if it feels like a rom-com plot.

Favorite song that should be a book title?

Did a movie or TV show ever inspire you to read a book?

Which fictional character should NEVER be trusted?

What’s your current reading goal?

Do audiobooks count as reading?

This or that: hardcover or paperback?

Which author would you follow into any genre?

What’s the last book you read in one sitting?

Which fictional world would you move to tomorrow?

How do you organize your bookshelves?

Share your best tip for reading when you’re busy.

What book did you not expect to love but did?

Is it ok write in your books?

How do you decide what books to read?

What’s your ultimate comfort read?

This or that: beach reading or pool reading?

What’s the best season for reading: winter, spring, summer, or fall?

Do you finish every book you start?

What’s your last 5-star read?

Most beautiful book cover you own?

What book deserves a sequel?

Where is your favorite place to read?

What book has the best plot twist ever?

What author would you want to write about your life?

What self-help book actually helped you?

Name a book character that felt real to you.

What’s your most controversial book opinion?

Be honest: do you judge books by their covers?

Who’s your current book boyfriend?

What’s your favorite book setting?

Is reading better in the morning or at night?

What do you use as bookmarks?

What’s your favorite time period to read about?

This or that: character-driven or plot-driven?

What’s the last book you recommended to someone?

Who is your favorite male main character?

What romance trope do you never get tired of?

Name a book that made you laugh out loud.

Do you participate in any reading challenges?

Do you read more than one book at a time?

Who are your auto-buy authors?

What’s your favorite book series of all time?

What’s the last book that kept you up past midnight?

What’s one book you still think about years later?

What’s a bookish red flag for you?

What book would make a great musical?

Do you track your reading?

How many books do you read at once?

What’s your favorite book to gift?

Name one book every child should read.

What is your favorite book genre?

Would you rather: have a great book spoiled or never finish it?

What’s your most-read book, and how many times have you read it?

Do you read book blurbs or go in blind?

This or that: book series or standalones?

What book had an ending that left your jaw on the floor?

What’s the ideal number of pages in a book?

What book made you feel seen?

What was the first book you remember loving?

What’s your favorite fictional creature in literature?

What books would you bring on a deserted island?

What’s your favorite celebrity book club?

Do you listen to music while reading?

Do you prefer fast-paced or slow-burn stories?

Are you old enough to remember card catalogs?

Tag your favorite person to talk about books with.

How many books have you read in your lifetime?

What’s your favorite poem?

Which book would you give a different ending?

What’s your favorite book retelling?

Do you ever read fanfiction?

What’s your favorite book podcast?

What’s the longest book you’ve read?

What’s your favorite historical fiction novel?

Who’s your favorite morally gray character?

Do you read or skip the acknowledgements in books?

What’s your favorite book with dual timelines?

Do you remember your first library card?

What book got you back into reading?

What’s your favorite short story?

Would you rather: only read new or old books?

Do you rate books? Why or why not?

Who is your favorite female main character?

Have you ever pre-ordered a book you couldn’t wait for?

What’s your favorite book with an unreliable narrator?

Name one book that lived up to the hype.

What’s your favorite book with magical realism?

How do you keep track of your TBR list?

Do you buy or borrow most of your books?

Have you ever dressed up as a book character?

Describe your current book’s setting in emojis.

What’s your favorite book with a non-linear plot?

Are you in a book club?

Who’s your favorite audiobook narrator?

This or that: dark or light academia?

What’s your favorite genre blend?

Which book character would you swap lives with?

Do you take notes or annotate while reading?

What’s a book you’d recommend to new readers?

Name one book every man should read.

What’s the book that took you the longest to finish?

What book would be much better if you added crazy dogs to it?

Who’s your favorite family in a book?

This or that: character or plot driven?

What book made you rethink everything?

Do you have any signed books?

What’s your favorite book featuring time travel?

What’s the most recent book you added to your list?

Name a book with a number in the title.

What’s your favorite book with a dual POV?

What book do you think deserves a better adaptation?

What book would you love to teach in a classroom?

What’s your favorite book theme?

What book series do you wish never ended?

What’s your favorite debut novel?

This or that: first or third person point of view?

What’s your favorite coming-of-age novel?

Name a book published in the decade in which you were born.

What’s your current reading mood in emojis?

Did you ever peek at a book’s ending?

What’s the longest reading session you ever had?

What book made you fall in love with reading?

Recommend a book that feels like a warm hug.

Tag someone who needs to read your latest 5-star read!

What book gave you the biggest hangover?

If your bookshelf could talk, what would it say about you?

Do you keep the books you’ve read?

What book changed your perspective on something?

What’s a book you’ve owned for ages but haven’t read yet?

If you had a bookish tattoo, what would it say or show?

What’s your least favorite word in books?

Do you prefer realistic or idealistic love stories?

Which book character deserved better?

Have you ever traveled somewhere because of a book?

Which book made you fall in love with a new genre?

Dogs are better reading companions than cats. Change my mind!

Share your favorite line from poetry.

What’s the most prized possession on your bookshelf?

Have you ever read Shakespeare?