Also known as recreational reading, free voluntary reading, and pleasure reading, leisure reading is simply self-selected and independent reading of materials for personal and social purposes.
Leisure reading can take place at any time. Readers may choose from a wide range of extended texts, including fiction, nonfiction, e-books, magazines, social media, biographies, newspapers, comic books, graphic novels, and more.
Leisure reading is personally motivated and a pleasurable to the reader