The book that got me started reading in earnest was The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D MacDonald. I had just moved to a foreign country and didn't know anyone and found myself with lots of time on my hands most work nights. Then, one day, I noticed the MacDonald paperback in a shop and bought it on impulse and thoroughly enjoyed it. That got me hooked on the Travis McGee series and reading in general.
This wasn't the first book I'd read but it was the one that made me see reading in a different light.
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