200+ Bookstagram Question of the Day (QOTD) Ideas
Bookstagrammers frequently ask a question of the day (#QOTD) to engage their followers. Here are some ideas for questions to ask on bookstagram:
ASKING ABOUT FAVORITES
Who is your favorite author?
Why do you like your favorite book?
What was your favorite book as a child?
What is your favorite memory of the library?
Who are your top 3 favorite authors?
What’s your favorite book series?
What’s your favorite standalone book?
What’s your favorite bookstore?
What’s your favorite memoir?
What’s your favorite audiobook?
What's your favorite opening line from a novel?
What's your favorite quote from a novel?
What are your top 3 favorite series of all time?
What's your favorite romance book?
What’s your favorite retelling?
What's your favorite romcom?
What’s your favorite fairytale?
What's your favorite love story?
What's your favorite fandom?
What's your favorite genre?
What’s your favorite book cover?
What was your favorite read of this year?
What’s your favorite YA book?
What’s your favorite historical fiction book?
What’s your favorite nonfiction book?
Describe your favorite book in 5 emojis or less
What’s your favorite meet cute from a book?
What is your favorite platonic relationship from a book?
Who are your favorite book villains?
What are your favorite short stories?
What is your favorite short story anthology?
What’s your favorite modern poetry book?
What’s your favorite classic poetry book?
ASKING ABOUT READING PREFERENCES
Do you prefer tea or coffee?
Do you like music while reading or silence?
Do you prefer to read indoors or outdoors?
Do you like to read at the library?
Do you prefer to read at a coffee shop or at home?
Paperback or hardcover?
Ebook or tangible book?
Early bird or night owl?
Gym or work out at home?
Walk outside or stretch indoors?
New TV shows or old favorites?
Houseplants or outdoor garden?
Bookmarks or dog-eared pages?
Do you like to eat while reading?
What snack do you usually have nearby while you read?
Do you reread books?
Do you like to read more than one book at once?
Do you like audiobooks?
Audiobook or ebook?
Do you use your library to access ebooks?
Do you prefer mini reviews or lengthy reviews?
Do you have a dedicated reading spot in your house?
How much time do you usually spend reading in a week?
What is your favorite music to read to?
Do you prefer books with one POV or multiple POVs?
Do you like insta-love?
Do you like hate-to-love stories?
Do you like psychological thrillers?
Do you read short story collections?
Do you read essay collections?
What time of day do you prefer to read?
Do you like to have the TV on in the background while you read?
Do you prefer to read in complete silence?
Asking General Questions About Books
What’s the last series you started?
What’s the last series you finished?
What book is on your nightstand right now?
What book is next on your TBR list?
Do you like coffee table books?
What book is on your coffee table right now?
Do you DNF books or always read until the end?
What’s the last book you finished?
How many books are you usually reading at once?
What are your most anticipated new books of this month (or this year)?
How do you organize your bookshelves?
Do you organize your bookshelves by color?
What book do you wish you could gift your younger self?
What book are you most likely to gift to a friend?
Have you ever bought a second copy of a book just because it had a different cover?
Have you ever accidentally bought the same book twice?
What’s the last book you picked up from the library?
What's the last audiobook you listened to?
Where do you usually listen to audiobooks?
How many books have you read so far this year?
What's the last book you added to your TBR?
How many books are on your nightstand right now?
Have you watched [show/movie] adaptation for the book in the photo?
What fantasy world would you most like to live in?
What's the last book you binge read?
What's the last series you binge read?
What’s the last book that kept you up past your bedtime?
How many books do you wish you could read in a year?
What’s the longest book you’ve ever read?
Do you like long books?
How many books do you read per month?
What's the best book you've read so far this year?
What's the last book that made you cry?
What's the last book that made you swoon?
What's the last nonfiction book you read?
How many books are on your TBR list?
Do you read books knowing they will probably make you cry, or do you skip them?
What's the last book you bought because you saw it on Instagram?
Do you like novels that end on a cliffhanger?
What book are you most anticipating?
Do you subscribe to any book boxes?
Do you buy bookish merch like t-shirts, candles, etc?
What’s the last bookish merch you bought?
Do you buy special editions of books?
Do you usually buy new books or used books?
What’s the last ebook you bought?
What's the last book you read that has a map in it?
What's the last book you read that broke your heart?
Who is your favorite character from any book?
If you were transported to the book you are reading right now, how would your life look?
What's the last book that made you laugh out loud?
What's the last book you read out loud with a friend/spouse/family member?
What’s the last memoir you read?
Which genre do you most prefer to read?
Which genre do you almost never pick up?
If you could have the magic powers from any book you've read, which one would you want?
Do you read poetry collections?
What's the last poetry collection you read?
Who is your favorite poet?
What's the last book you read because you loved the cover?
If you could jump into any fairytale, which one would you pick?
Have you ever attended an author book signing?
Have you met an author? Who?
Describe the last book you read in 5 emojis or less
What fictional universe would you like to visit?
What character from a book would you want to ask on a date? Where would you go?
What character from a book do you wish was your friend? Why?
Do you like sad books?
Do you prefer books wrtiten in 1st or 3rd person?
Do you like cover reveals?
What's the last cover reveal you got excited about?
If you could travel to any place and time in history, where would you choose?
If you could read only one genre for the rest of your life what would you choose?
Have you ever read an ARC?
Do you get books from Netgalley?
What character names have annoyed you?
What are your favorite character names?
Which book do you consider a hidden gem?
What author have you never read but always wanted to?
Who is your favorite book couple?
What book are you saving for a rainy day?
Which authors are an auto-buy for you?
What type of setting would you like to see more of?
What is the most quote-worthy book?
What book changed your life?
What book character reminds you of yourself?
What are your favorite book tropes?
What book title do you just adore?
What book are you saving to read over the holidays?
What are some great beach reads?
What’s the last beach read you enjoyed?
What book did you most recently remove from your TBR? Why?
What bookish merch would you like to own?
Which author would you most want a book signed by?
What debuts are you most looking forward to reading?
Which book villain could you just not stand?
Which authors would you love to meet?
Have you attended a book convention?
What character would you most like to switch places with?
What standalone book do you wish had a sequel?
Asking About Real Life
Did you have a good weekend?
What are your plans for this weekend?
What are you most looking forward to this week?
What are you most looking forward to this year?
What are your plans for this year?
Where’s your favorite place in the world?
What was the last vacation you went on, and did you like it there?
What was the best part of your past vacation?
Name your top 3 placed you’ve traveled to
Describe your perfect vacation in 3 emojis
Do you keep a journal?
What’s your favorite form of self care?
Have you ever had a pen pal?
When’s the last time you wrote out a letter by hand?
Do you wish you received more snail mail?
What was your first read of this year?
Do you choose a book to start the year with ahead of time?
What was the last book you read last year?
Are you a member of a book club?
Who is your book boyfriend/book girlfriend?
What bookstore would you most like to visit?
What library would you most like to visit?
ASKING ABOUT READING GOALS
What’s your Goodreads goal for the year?
Do you set a goal each year for how many books you’d like to read?
How close are you to meeting your reading goal for this year?
ASKING ABOUT SEASONAL TOPICS
Do you usually read more scary books in October?
What are you thankful for today?
Do you have any (Christmas, or other holiday) traditions?
What’s your favorite season?
What are you most grateful for?
What’s your favorite holiday?
Do you like scary movies?
What’s the last spooky book you read?
What’s the scariest book you’ve ever read?
What’s your favorite Autumn activity?
Have you started decorating for (holiday) yet?
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Thanks,
xx Katie
