24 Best Reading Chairs for Peak Literature Consumption

We love The Citizenry for making hand-crafted, high-quality pieces. The Laurel chair is round-barrel design that's made in North Carolina. This leather choice will seamlessly blend into any room, and you can even choose between maple and walnut wood. It'll last you for years to come.

Sundays makes a cozy, beachy chair that is begging to be read in. The back curves into the low arms, making it feel soft and inviting. Get it in a range of neutral colors, spanning from a light off-white to black. Add on a matching ottoman in the same color with your choice of a small or large size. If you're keeping this reading chair in a bedroom, there's even a bed to match.

Shearling furniture is having a moment, and we expect that moment to last. Who wouldn't want to sit in something this soft and cozy looking? The chair is pricey, but it's construction and top-notch materials (solid oak feet, hardwood frame, and pure shearling) make it an investment piece. It's unlike any other reading chair you could scoop up in the best way.

Cb2's camel brown velvet chair is the kind of piece you design a whole room around. It's cool curving and soft cushioning were made to be dramatically strewn across while reading for hours on end. The seat is a comfy 22.7 inches deep, ideal for long bouts of sitting. Choose this classic camel brown or from 18 other color and fabrics, including velvet, shearling, and boucle.

Call us basic, but we love a basic chair. This one has a comfy feel, but a cool coastal look to it that'll blend right into any space. There are a few light neutral options for the colors, but they tend to sell out, so secure your favorite while you can. Add a contrasting pillow or comfy throw and call it a day (of reading).

Our favorite is none other than a cozy and plush choice from Albany Park. The brand's customizable options come in polyester fabric, velvet, and leather with options for gold or black legs. You can add on a matching ottoman, too, making the wide seat (45 inches across, to be specific) into a full personal couch.

If you want the full reading experience, then you need an ottoman in addition to your chair. This set has that cool mid-century modern style that will never go out of style. Light gray, comfy but not "I'm stuck in here" comfy. Easy.

This newly released lounge chair is for the newspaper/magazine reader who just needs something cool and simple and doesn't dominate a space. Keep it simple with just the chair itself with a fabric, fabric and wood, or leather and wood frame, done up in olive green or navy fabric. Or, you can get a whole set up going on by adding a matching pillow and ottoman.

This chair is like the high-fashion of chairs with a dramatic frame that is purely for the vibes. It's really a modern design but done in leather, it still feels soft and welcoming. The pillowy construction feels as squishy as it looks with down-filled cushioning and a roomy seat.

Amazon has some low-key great budget home options that aren't the kind of sterile choices that other cheaper places offer. Come here for a pricey bouclé dupe. The seating is perfectly fine for some bouts of reading and that soft bouclé adds texture to the room.

Exhibit B: Amazon's plethora of velvet seating. This one's arms have a geometric detail to them that makes it a strong double as both a reading and accent chair. The gold hardware and luxe green velvet fabric are the least stuffy reading combination you could get.

Also good for all forms of home decor: Studio McGee's collections with Threshold at Target are always strong choices. This accent chair has a deep base and propped up pillows that make it look more interesting than your standard reading chair. It comes in a few lightly colored linen fabrics, like this cream or dark gray, along with tan and cream shearling options.

The West Elm swivel chair is roomy enough to sit crosslegged comfortably for hours. It swivels 360 degrees and it's roomy with a 33.8-inch seat depth. It's so inviting that it's bound to make you actually read in it. Choose from a variety of colors and fabrics, and add-on features like stain-resistance and high-durability.

Wing chairs are also great, offering a little more side support for sitting in and a cooler shape for looking at. Like many West Elm pieces, you can get this chair in nearly any color or fabric combination you could dream up, and they all look good. It's a little Italian, little mid-century, very good for reading in.

For reading seating, you can't go wrong with this simple, well-priced accent chair with its medium back and easy arms. It's a comfy 30 inches wide, made with a neutral linen fabric and black metal frame. If you like the feel but want something smaller, there are 25- and 27-inch options, too.

It's fine if you never shop at Urban Outfitters for clothes, but you are missing out if you aren't looking at their furniture. Everything is slightly retro without ever feeling old, like this velvet reading chair that can and will become the whole personality of the room you put it in. It deserves your reading time and attention.

If you love sleek and minimal decor, go Scandinavian. The modern, yet simple style will complete any space. The super high back, super low seat, and wing-shaped arms make it look infinitely more different than your standard reading chair without doing too much—in fact, by barely doing anything at all.

Want something that is basically a sofa? Then behold this wide, and extremely cozy chair from Soho Home. It's 51 inches wide and 43 inches deep, ideal for sitting upright, crosse-legged, or dramatically draped over the arms. It's pricey and made to order (so can take a minute to ship) but the solid beech legs, soft foam, feather-wrapped core make it worth every penny and second of waiting.

The crème de la crème of all reading chairs is non other than the Herman Miller Eames Chair, of course. It's a real splurge, but something that you'll (hopefully) have forever. The quality looks good, sure, but the real test is all in the feel. It's solid frame construction feels substantial and solid, with a perfect cushion ratio for being semi-productive in it.

West Elm's Auburn chair is exactly the kind of reading seat you can put in room that already has most of its design choices set. It's cool but doesn't take away attention from other standout pieces. It's especially great for building out, if you have a space you're putting more than one chair in. Get it in this easy gray fabric or about 1 zillion other color and fabric options.