Would You Rather Books

Press a side to vote on 60 reader's choices, from a talking cat to a bookshop on a boat.

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How it works

These would you rather books cards are choices only a reader argues about: how you read, which story you would live in, and what you would do with a library to yourself. No book or author is named.

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Six topics for readers

Reading habits, Inside a story, Characters, Libraries and bookshops, Writing your own and Impossible books hold 10 cards each. Hard holds 13 where both sides cost something, such as Give up fiction for a year or give up true stories for a year.

At a book club or a library meetup

Deal one card while people arrive. A room split on Be best friends with the villain or be enemies with the hero will still be arguing when the meeting starts.

Tips
  • Press Easy for 25 lighter cards, such as Taste the food in books or smell the places in books.

Questions and answers

What are some would you rather questions about books?

Start with Have a library at home or have a bookshop at the end of your street, then try Know every ending before you start or never reread a book for a longer argument.

Are these book questions all right for kids?

Yes. Every card is clean and names no book, author or brand. The Easy cards and Impossible books suit younger readers best.

Can I print them?

Yes. When a round ends, press Print these for all 60 as slips to cut apart, or press a topic first to print only its 10 cards.

All 60 questions

Reading habits 10

  • Would you rather get a new book every week or get one perfect book a year?
  • Would you rather give up fiction for a year or give up true stories for a year?
  • Would you rather hear every book read aloud or read every book in a whisper?
  • Would you rather know every ending before you start or never reread a book?
  • Would you rather lose your place each time you close a book or lose your bookmark weekly?
  • Would you rather only read by candlelight or only read outdoors?
  • Would you rather read a whole book in one sitting a month or read ten pages a day?
  • Would you rather read only books a friend picks or read only books picked at random?
  • Would you rather start every book in the middle or stop three pages from the end?
  • Would you rather stick with every book to the last page or quit any book by page fifty?
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Inside a story 10

  • Would you rather be a side character in a book you love or star in a book nobody reads?
  • Would you rather get stuck in a book with no talking or get stuck in one that is all talk?
  • Would you rather live a story with a happy ending you saw coming or live one with a twist?
  • Would you rather live in a mystery until it is solved or live in a fairy tale to the end?
  • Would you rather live in a story where it always rains or live where it is always night?
  • Would you rather move into a castle from a story or move into a tree house from one?
  • Would you rather spend a week in a sea story or spend a week in a space story?
  • Would you rather visit a picture book for an hour or visit a thick book for a year?
  • Would you rather visit a story world for a day with a map or stay a month with no map?
  • Would you rather wake up in the last book you read or wake up in the one you liked least?

Characters 10

  • Would you rather be best friends with the villain or be enemies with the hero?
  • Would you rather be loved in a sad book or go unnoticed in a happy one?
  • Would you rather be the sidekick who is fine or be the hero who suffers?
  • Would you rather get advice from a wise old wizard or get it from a sharp young detective?
  • Would you rather hear a storyteller narrate your day or hear music that follows your mood?
  • Would you rather keep a talking cat from a story or keep a loyal dragon from one?
  • Would you rather know what every character thinks or know what happens to them next?
  • Would you rather live with a pirate from a story or live with a friendly ghost?
  • Would you rather meet your favorite character and be let down or never meet them?
  • Would you rather swap lives with a detective for a week or swap lives with a wizard?

Libraries and bookshops 10

  • Would you rather be allowed to write in library books or keep one library book a year?
  • Would you rather borrow any book for one day or keep one book of your choice a year?
  • Would you rather find a hidden room in a library or find a note left in a library book?
  • Would you rather get lost in a library overnight or get locked in a bookshop all weekend?
  • Would you rather have a library at home or have a bookshop at the end of your street?
  • Would you rather have every book but ten minutes a day or have all day but one shelf?
  • Would you rather own a reading chair that never wears out or own a perfect lamp?
  • Would you rather run a library on wheels or run a bookshop on a boat?
  • Would you rather sort a whole library alone or mend every torn page in it?
  • Would you rather work in a library that never closes or run a bookshop with no customers?

Writing your own 10

  • Would you rather draw the pictures for a book or write the words for someone's pictures?
  • Would you rather finish a story someone else began or begin one for someone else?
  • Would you rather have your diary published or have your school essays read aloud?
  • Would you rather name a character who gets famous or invent a place that gets famous?
  • Would you rather see your book made into a bad film or never see it filmed at all?
  • Would you rather write a book for small children or write a book for grandparents?
  • Would you rather write a mystery nobody can solve or write a comedy nobody can finish?
  • Would you rather write every day for a year or write one great book after a year off?
  • Would you rather write one famous book or write a hundred books a few people love?
  • Would you rather write only poems or write only stories that never rhyme?

Impossible books 10

  • Would you rather carry one object out of a book or take one friend into a book?
  • Would you rather hold a library card for story worlds or hold a map of hidden bookshops?
  • Would you rather own a book that answers one question or own one with a new tale nightly?
  • Would you rather own a book that reads you to sleep or own a shelf that picks your books?
  • Would you rather own a pen whose words come true for an hour or own a book about tomorrow?
  • Would you rather read a book that writes itself or read a book whose pictures move?
  • Would you rather read any book in one second or read every book in its first language?
  • Would you rather shrink to bookmark size for a day or grow as tall as a bookcase?
  • Would you rather talk once with any author or talk once with any character?
  • Would you rather taste the food in books or smell the places in books?

How this list was compiled: Own work: 60 two-option questions written for this page in September 2026, none taken from another site's list, and no card or option reused from the other would you rather and this or that decks on this site (checked by script on 2026-09-24). Every card is a choice about books: reading habits, stepping inside a story, characters, libraries and bookshops, writing, and a few impossible books. No book, author, character, film or brand is named, and nothing here involves alcohol, danger or a phone. Licence: own work