What should I read at my level?

Choose by difficulty first, interest second, reputation last. Aim for a book you can almost read: you follow the story and can guess most new words from context. If two levels seem to fit, pick the lower one. Starting slightly below your level builds reading speed and confidence, which matter more than ego.

Graded readers are books written or adapted for learners, with controlled vocabulary and grammar tuned to a CEFR level. They are the training wheels of reading: the stories can be simple, but they let you experience reading fluently long before you could manage a native novel. They are almost always the right starting point for A1 to A2.

Most learners reach their first authentic (non-graded) book around B1, often a gentle title like The Little Prince in translation. Full literary novels are usually a B2 to C1 read. Sentence-aligned parallel text lowers the bar: it lets a B1 reader get through a harder book by checking one line at a time without losing the story.

Yes. Reading builds vocabulary and grammatical intuition at scale because you meet high-frequency words again and again in real context. It works best paired with audio, so you link spelling to sound, and with some speaking or writing practice. Lingo7 combines reading with native-narrated audio and tap-to-translate for exactly this.