read a book , also: read the book

I read books and made the kind of friends who'd give their lives for me.

The world is not what he expected from reading books.

My mother wanted us to learn about the world by reading books.

They might also help them play games, do art, and read books.

Among other things, he'd read several times more books than in all his life earlier.

Because less than three percent of you people read books!

And she might start reading books about science or something.

I really didn't have time to read the whole book.

And they don't have to read the book to find out.

I must have read the book at least six times.