 books, and the importance of reading. People meet their first books in their early childhood. First books have colorful and attractive illustrations. With the help of these books, little kids learn about the world around them. While a child is growing, he or she gets acquainted with new genres of literature. As everyone is different, there exists a huge variety of genres. Some people like to read adventure books, for example books like Children of Captain Grant written by Jules Fern, others like Magic, so they choose Harry Potter. Eventually, children become teenagers and then adults who have their literary tastes formed. A lot of people of all ages prefer detective stories. I think it's because they fascinate people with their intricacy of the plot. There are hundreds of variations of Sherlock Holmes, but people still can't get enough. Besides detective stories, there is a whole range of classical literature. Russian literature is considered one of the best in the world. It is studied in best universities, for example in Harvard. We've got such excellent writers as Pushkin, Tolstoy, Kogol, Dostoyovsky. And we're lucky to be able to read them in the original language. I remember myself reading Anukarenina by Tolstoy. I was so impressed after I finished it that I couldn't sleep at night, lost in my thoughts. The Brothers Coromozo novel by Dostoyovsky influenced me a lot and I started to look on lots of life events under a different angle. Besides classics, such genres as science fiction and fantasy become more and more popular. World of fiction is a special world that gives us an opportunity to meet another civilizations and races to see the future. Books help us to improve. Detective stories make us more attentive to details, improve our analytical skills. Classics books help to develop our feelings. And science fiction develops our imagination. So I can reach a conclusion that there is no friend so faithful as a good book.