Collections
Collections
Collections are short reading paths for a particular occasion: you are about to travel and want to know what to take with you and what to read on this site first. The Getting started label means there is enough here to try on your very next trip. The In depth label leads to terms and explanations. Within a collection the order is simple: practice first, then concepts. If your occasion is not listed, look at the guide's topics, where the same pages are arranged by subject rather than by occasion.
A short text for a single trip is a good way back into reading: it ends before it has a chance to get old.
Collections include only published pages of the guide. We do not recommend specific books, do not compile rankings and do not refer to shops, services or libraries by name. If there is little material on a subject so far, the collection stays short instead of filling up with empty cards.
A book for a single trip: choosing something short
For those who have not read in a while and want to start with a text they can finish in one or two trips: a short story, an essay, a novella or a chapter from a collection.
- How to read in transit and stick with a bookGetting started
The step on matching a book to the calm stretches of your trip, and on what is better left at home.
- A week of reading on the goGetting started
Five steps on the home page: one book, always with you, one time slot, a note, a weekend decision.
- Reading termsIn depth
To-read list, note, quote and book club, short and clear.
Audiobooks on the go: where to start
For those who often ride standing in crowded transit or get tired of screens and want to try listening to books without losing track of the trip and the announcements.
- Answers about formats and devicesGetting started
When an audiobook beats paper, and how to listen without missing your stop.
- The On the go topicGetting started
Headphone volume, staying alert at your stop, stairs and escalators, on the topic map.
- Format termsIn depth
How an audiobook differs from an e-book and a paper book, and when each format fits best.
Reading with a child on the train
For parents before a long trip: take several short books instead of one thick one, read aloud quietly so as not to disturb your neighbors, take breaks to look out the window and talk, and do not turn reading into a chore.
- Answers about habit and the commuteGetting started
Font and light, breaks, and what to do if focusing is not working.
- The page and one thoughtGetting started
The same technique works with children: after a chapter, ask what they remember most.
- What's newIn depth
The guide's feed, where pages about reading together with children will appear.
Related pages
Sources
- Metroreader editorial materials
- Public transit rules of conduct, general provisions
Information is current as of the date it was prepared. Each library sets its own terms for its services, including e-lending, and each transit operator sets its own rules of conduct, so check the rules in force. Copyright terms outside Russia may differ.