Music to Read By

[Misaela]

I agree! Instrumental music that's fitting with the book. For example, I associate epic medieval stories with some instrumental strings or Celtic music.

[Jo90]

Totally!

I just love soundtracking a book, it enhances the experience.

[Misaela]

My husband started (and I caught on) reading a book that has a movie already made with its soundtrack.

[9bit]

Silence is very good. If you can't handle silence, you need to learn why.

Oh I already know why: tinnitus!

As for an update: I'm reading A Study in Scarlet right now and I'm using Pandora's Baroque channel as accompaniment. It's working out great so far, it really fits the mood!

[Starmy]

All music distracts me, even classical. I could never understood how other people at school could get anything done with their tunes blasting on their headphones!

The sound of rain outside is lovely, however.

[milyjohnson37]

I like listening to r&b music while I read or anything that happens to be on the radio.

[udita banerjee]

Ambient music, ah!
I actually did a series on my blog
Senzar, Mogwai, Enya, Coldplay etc

[feyindie60]

If I am reading something that really interests me I can block out anything. However, I prefer to read in quiet. My music choices would include instrumental music that falls in the background category.

[Tony Vella]

When reading I enjoy having Chopin piano music in the background (although I do throw in some Liszt and Rachmaninoff once in a while). When I'm writing I always put on Gregorian Chants which doesn't make much sense because I'm writing a biography of an operatic tenor of the 20s to the 40s.

[julianfroment]

I like to have some non-intrusive music to read by also. I generally favour classical music, usually piano sonatas.

[aero18]

Yeah I agree, classical or ambient music is the way to go. No harm in some piano music like ludovico einaudi too though. great question!

[gali]

Given the choice I prefer silence when I read.

[obiebookworm]

Well, I'm a musician by default. That being said, I listen to a lot of different genres, but in particular traditional Irish music and progressive rock.

[prisailurophile]

Argh, I can't. I tend to jumble up the words.

[Jakespeare]

Classical or instrumental, possibly Dark Ambient depending on the mood of the moment.