# Recommend a comfortable reading chair?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 10, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-comfortable-reading-chair/595861 "2011-09-10T22:15:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-comfortable-reading-chair/595861/1 "2011-09-10T22:15:05Z")

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So, I’m trying to buy a chair for the reading corner in my apartment. Can anyone recommend a decent one for less than $200?

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-comfortable-reading-chair/595861/2 "2011-09-10T22:41:16Z")

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A friend of mine has a chair and a half recliner they got at a crunch and dent sale [it had schmutz on the back corner which is faced towards the wall anyway so it didn’t matter to her.] It is seriously comfy because it is large enough to curl up in it, or treat it like a recliner. Flopping around in it with a bunch of small pillows and a couple cats is a great way to spend a day reading in front of a fire in the winter.

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**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-comfortable-reading-chair/595861/3 "2011-09-11T19:26:19Z")

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I have a nice wide armchair that I got secondhand. Its comfy sitting in it the “right” way, and the wideness means that I can lean a pillow against the wall (the chair sits in a corner with a wall behind and beside it) and lay across it sideways and be comfy that way as well. Kind of like [this](http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Mira-8-way-Hand-tied-Red-Arm-Chair-and-Ottoman/3406667/product.html) without the ottoman, or [this](http://www.potterybarn.com/products/windsor-slipcovered-armchair/?catalogId=83&bnrid=3318529&cm_ven=Google_PLA&cm_cat=Furniture&cm_pla=Chairs_Ottomans&cm_ite=Windsor_Armchair&adtype=pla) (except that I would never pay that much).

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-comfortable-reading-chair/595861/4 "2011-09-12T01:38:05Z")

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rocking chairs are wonderful to read in.

the poang chairs from ikea are comfy. gliders are very nice and easy to find, most big box stores will have a version, target, walmart, kmart, etc.