The 'Read Another Book' meme emerged as a critique of internet discourse, specifically targeting fans who draw constant parallels between real-world politics and popular fiction like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, or 1984. It gained significant traction on social media platforms like Twitter and Tumblr during the late 2010s as a reaction to perceived simplistic political analysis. The phrase serves as a shorthand to tell someone that their perspective is limited by a narrow diet of young adult literature and that they should engage with broader history or theory. Today, it is used more generally to mock anyone who can only interpret reality through the lens of a single fandom or fictional universe.