It takes a certain calibre of book to qualify as approved toilet reading material.

For one thing it musn't be too absorbing (hahahaha sorry) for example a book of short stories rather than a novel.

If you live in a shared house, or a house that has lots of visitors the subject matter should be quite universal. I see a lot of Gary Larson books inhabiting bathrooms.

It shouldn't be too precious, because if it falls in the bath or...suffers some other accident...yuk...it shouldn't matter too much.

So tell me, what's in your bathroom? Or what would be an ideal bathroom book?

In my travels I have seen:

Nietzche (student house)
Where's wally (waldo)
No Cure for cancer - Dennis Leary
Welsh Ghost stories (my house)
The best of The Onion
Garfield
The prophecies of Nostradamus....
Poetry of any kind

I think 45% of my knowledge comes from bathroom reading sessions.

Over to you.

All that I keep in my bathroom is a stack of Guitar Mag's and I had this awesome book called Carnival of Chaos resting on the porcelin. I think any book is good, but as stated above it can't be to absorbing, beware the red ring.

Due to my large family, and having siblings 7, 4 and 2, it islogical that all reading material stay outta the bathroom. How ever, if I can have time in the bath room (in this house you are expected to get if over and done with, leaving it ready for whome ever needs it next) I normaly bring along what ever I am reading. I don't take my hard backs in though, unless its Star Trek, I also oftne read Grapjic novels in there too.

lol I gotta have the T.V. Guide in the john.... so i can schedual my boring week in front of the T.V.

Since i like to take time over my shitting sessions and there's no reading material i often find myself pouring over the instructions on how to use deodourant and bathroom cleaner.classy!

Lol.. I've done that before.

You see, this is WHY you should consider finding some bathroom reading. You evidently have the urge to read something (and it will make the whole process quicker) but have nothing to read. Get to it!

There is a stack of random magazines next to my john...
Everything from that one free issue of teen people we got in the mail one time to GamePro and GuitarWorld or GuitarOne.

for me.......... its reading the toothpaste ingredients lable.........

and oh.......yeah........ Everything's Eventual......... collection of short stories by Stephen King

helps you shit by fright treatment *winks*

Do not fear i have now left a couple of books in my john such as H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King's The Darker Half

that's where the bulk of my pr0n collection used to be.

Until I got my laptop :lol:

I just make sure that I grab whatever book I'm reading before I head to the shitter.

I'm a hologram, I don't need to make any waste, bilogical movements.

Ummm...Well i have a wierd fetish with office supplies so the office max catalog of the year anolg with a christopher pike novel or 2.

Well seeing as I am learning about computers am an avid gamer and that my boyfriend reads for long times in the loo I sometimes pick up his edition of pc gamer and have a gander... :devilbook: :imu:

Bathroom reads...either porn or catalogs...

Is that the typical read? My sister goes for whole novels sometimes my boyfriend does...really makes me wonder how some guys can spends what seems like hours on the bog reading a novel... its not convenient either when your hopping around outside and naggin em 2 hurry up.

I do this as well as well as keeping a collection of Calvin and Hobbes comics. On occasion I've been known to take my drug guid in there as well to catch up on new drugs. lol

I don't get any reading done in the bathroom, it takes me as much time to shit as it does for me to take a piss

thank goodness for my Wireless LAN, I can now bring my laptop with me to the bathroom.

Always great to read online comics while taking a dump :lol:

Well the only purpose it serves for me is when in there relaxing. lol But I have porn, money mag, and a couple of books of poetry. Yet I still wonder how others have time to read a book while on the john. I'm always in and out.

Oh gosh, how to explain...I had almost ALL of my books in the bathroom as a young child. I had to share a room with my sister, and to get privacy in a home of two brothers and one sister, I did most of my reading in the bathroom. No one would think to bug me there!

Now, I have most of my books in my room. Living on my own has been great, but I still miss my old bathroom library.

The books I keep for reading in the bathroom are usually j.k rowling and steven king books. It is a book of steven kings I am reading right now and when I have spare time or when I am on the toilet, I look to get the book finished.

Allow me a moment to go copy the names of the reading material down.

"Exposed Magazine July 2004"

"Exposed Magazine June 2004" - I personally suggest the "Double Headed Dildo Fun" photo spread.

"Fever Magazine June 2004"

"Hardgirls June 2004"

Babe.com Magazine June 2004"

"Defending your Digital Assets"

"Linux: The Most Complete Reference"

and finally,

"Getting Started with Visual Basic .net version 2003"

Porn and techie mags in your bathroom eh Mr CF? Certainly no-one could accuse you of being a geek :P

All your silicone filled boobs are belong to us, shadout.

Never got as far as actually having books in there, but there's always an assortment of magazines, like Wizard, BTVS Magazine, Terrorizer and some game magasine or other and usually the mags. from the two clubs I belong to, the FC Copenhagen fan club and The Danish Beer Enthusiasts :4:

I just grab the nearest book or fish around for something interesting.

I see CF forgot the thrills and chills of the tampon use and disposal guide.

My John.. Oh.. you know blood and guts... Oh wait.. you ment the bathroom not the person... damn.

Now that I got that out of the way...I usualy end up reading what ever novel I'm in the middle of.. or the half finished Cryptogram book that was left in there a few months back.

Rolling Stone has always been one of my favs to have around, as well as several books of short stories and poetry. My guests seem to prefer the poetry books above all others, and will often comment on how much they enjoyed something that they read while doing their business.

A medical dictionary

the latest edition of pc zone or whatever im reading at the moment.

alota "Entertainment Weekly's"

Gloriana, its about a queen who can't orgasm (Its real lit i swear)

If I had books in there I would probably never come out.. so I just keep a selection of magazines and catalogues now.. Some Ralph mags, some FHM's, some movie/music ones, and an Archie McPhee catalogue.. For all the brainless things I will buy when I have disposable income :)

yuk, dont take anything in the bathroom

yuk!!!

Haha! My father keeps his computer magazines, and as my mother frowns on bathroom reading material (or any reading material, come to think of it), I hide my stuff in the bathroom closet. Currently there is:

"Mystery Tales by Edgar Allan Poe"
"Hamlet" - which I generally read during a bubble bath. xP
"Lord of the Flies" - (I have three copies of this book, two identical... there's one in my bedroom, my bookbag for school, and bathroom. How devoted am I.)
"Princeton Review's Math Manual for the SAT"

Ahem. I'm not a freak, really.

since im normally listening to music ill bring lyrics from the band im listnin to in with me. If not lyrics... then skate magazines or whatever magazines i could find...some times even my moms "womens day magazines... i mean if im in a hurry. haha