Writers will frequently advise you that reading other excellent writers is the most crucial thing you can do to improve your craft. Reading provides fuel for the mind as well as the soul. When we incorporate new information into conversations, when we use a word that even impresses us, when we articulate a thought so well that it surprises us, or when we meet new people as a result of a book they saw us reading, we frequently only become aware of the impact reading a book has on us in the afterlife. In Read Well, Write Well, Ruskin Bond presents us with a compilation of narratives, essays, and poetry that transport us to fantastical settings and highlight the value of reading and writing via his own experiences.