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There are plenty of attractive men in the world, but unfortunately few of them that are avid readers. Welcome to "Hot Guys Reading Books" the blog that scours the internet for examples of luscious literary men and gathers the evidence in one place.
Hot Guys Reading Books is updated almost every day.
Submissions Welcome!
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OR, submit your photos to hotguysreadingbooks@gmail.com.
Don't think the guys are hot enough? The quality of the photos are only as good as the submissions. If you think you are (or know someone who is) hot stuff, snap a photo, and send it in!
Meet the Writers
Alli has a degree in English and still reads profusely even though she works in software. HGRB was Alli's brainchild, and she still cannot believe how popular it's gotten. Aside from reading and blogging, she enjoys drawing, adrenaline inducing adventurous activities, and making her friends laugh.
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Kristin is a twenty-something grad student and future English teacher. She procrastinates by baking, crafting, shopping, riding her pink bike, and reading books that aren't course requirements. Kristin believes in the cause of hot guys reading books so much that she found one of her own, and now she raids his bookshelf all the time.
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Consider Lindsay a twenty-something Anne of Green Gables. She works in a library and a middle-school. She enjoys eating mint chocolate chip ice cream while plotting to take over the world, crocheting Harry Potter-themed scarves, taking her dog, Penelope, for long walks, and reading as many books as she can get her hands on. She even has a literary tattoo. Once, Lindsay was compared to President Garfield.
Lindsay's blog
Brandon is a young man who is possibly obsessed with both books and guys. He is pursuing a Degree in English and Library Science, with plans to own a bookshop later in life. He enjoys all kinds of sweets, very rainy days, dancing, and the color pink. He's immensely proud of being a half-Cuban and the small personal library he owns.
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Jordan is a farm kid in her early twenties and in graduate school for Speech-Language Pathology. When not doing the school thing, she works as a freelance sports writer for an embarrassingly low price. She enjoys time with her dog, Maggie May, sewing items that her mother has to fix, hotdogs, and summer camp. Her bucket list includes learning to play the cello and living on the Pacific Northwest coast.
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All our submitter wrote was: “Pre-grad school. So beautiful.” Definitely got it right with beautiful. Also, for pre-grad school, he is giving that highlighter a workout. As an added bonus to this hot guy reading, I spotted a tattoo on his arm. I mean, I’m not even going to mention the scarf.
(thanks, GRoman!)
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Posted by Jordan
Remember when Tyra explained how to smize (smile with your eyes) for the camera? This dog mastered it. In fact, the intense gaze of man’s best friend is almost enough to draw attention away from the Jon Hamm lookalike reading a comic book. I think either one could have a very successful modeling career.
(thanks, Joe!)
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Posted by Kristin
Elsie decided to share a shot of her personal hot guy reading aloud to her on vacation in Cambodia. His name is Dave, and he is reading First They Killed My Father. Elsie says it was “#5 on our ‘read together list’.”
She can’t wait to meet him on their next vacation spot in Africa to “find out what book he has chosen next”. That’s sweet. Well, as long as he continues picking good literature. But based on his acute fashion sense, he appears to have his ducks in a row.
(thanks, Elsie!)
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Posted by Lindsay
Jeez! Some people have all the luck. This submitter found a bearded redhead reading in a coffee shop of some kind. This never happens for me!
As the submitter wrote, “Beard + Book = Swoon.” Yes. Yes, it does.
(thanks, jessica!)
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Posted by Lindsay
Eleanor has submitted a photo of her hot brother reading. As of when this photograph was first submitted, he was single. She wrote, “All inquiries will be filtered through me. Please include a 10-page essay on the cosmos in general and your particular position in it at the moment.”
Even though the 10-page essay sounds daunting, her brother is a handsome reader. I’m sure some lucky soul has made it through Eleanor’s arduous selection process.
(thanks, Eleanor!)
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Posted by Lindsay
#HGRBPOTM for April is IQ84 by Haruki Murakami, which I haven’t read yet but I’m looking forward to reading it this month! I tried to find a photo of an HGRB reading it in the email submissions (sadly, submissions through tumblr are not searchable) but did not. Maybe you should send one in?
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Posted by Alli
Leslie’s husband caught her checking out HGRB. Instead of becoming justifiably jealous, he “grabbed the manliest book on the shelf, Beowulf.” Then he insisted she submit his picture. Although he hasn’t read Beowulf yet, he is an avid reader. His last triumph was finishing the Wheel of Time series just because his wife loves them!
I have decided to give him a pass for posing with a book he hasn’t read for two reasons. First, he has purchased my favorite translation of Beowulf. Second, he does look very manly. If a third reason was needed, it would be that he takes book recommendations from his wife.
(thanks, Leslie!)
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Posted by Lindsay
Ever see people that you just know are going to be super awesome, and you really want to soak up their super awesomeness by hanging out with them? I think this guy fits the bill. According to our submitter, this is Matthew. “He’s bartender by day, composer by night, but hot guy all the time.” Oh, yeah, I can get down to that.
(thanks, Suzanne!)
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Posted by Jordan
A ha! This hot guy was caught red-handed, er, red-nosed while smelling a book. It’s okay. I’m a book sniffer too. There are basically two types of book sniffers: those who prefer older books and those who prefer brand-new books. I enjoy the perfect scent of a fresh, new book. I hope our submitter asked this hot guy if he had smelled any good books lately.
(thanks, Charisma!)
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Posted by Kristin
Audrey, our submitter writes, “This is my dapper friend. His nose is always in a good book.” I think dapper is the perfect word to describe this gentlemen. I’m digging that tie and vest. Read on dapper man, read on.
(thanks, Audrey!)
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Posted by Jordan
