24 Best Reading Chairs for Home 2024

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Best Hand-Crafted Chair

The Citizenry Laurel Armchair

We love The Citizenry for making hand-crafted, high-quality pieces. The Laurel chair is round-barrel design that's made in North Carolina. This leather choice will seamlessly blend into any room, and you can even choose between maple and walnut wood. It'll last you for years to come.

Best Coastal Reading Chair

Sundays Coastline Lounge Chair

Sundays makes a cozy, beachy chair that is begging to be read in. The back curves into the low arms, making it feel soft and inviting. Get it in a range of neutral colors, spanning from a light off-white to black. Add on a matching ottoman in the same color with your choice of a small or large size. If you're keeping this reading chair in a bedroom, there's even a bed to match.

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Best Basic Reading Chair

Threshold designed with Studio McGee Howell Upholstered Accent Chair

Pros

• Easy style for most homes
• Affordable

Cons

• Middle-of-the-road materials used

Call us basic, but we love a basic chair. This one has a comfy feel, but a cool coastal look to it that'll blend right into any space. There are a few light neutral options for the colors, but they tend to sell out, so secure your favorite while you can. Add a contrasting pillow or comfy throw and call it a day (of reading).

Best All-Around Reading Chair

Albany Park Park Armchair

Pros

• Wide seat
• Good price
• Ships fast

Cons

• May not have the color combo you like

Our favorite is none other than a cozy and plush choice from Albany Park. The brand's customizable options come in polyester fabric, velvet, and leather with options for gold or black legs. You can add on a matching ottoman, too, making the wide seat (45 inches across, to be specific) into a full personal couch.

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Best Bouclé Reading Chair

Olela Accent Chair

Pros

• Inexpensive

Cons

• Cheaper materials used

Amazon has some low-key great budget home options that aren't the kind of sterile choices that other cheaper places offer. Come here for a pricey bouclé dupe. The seating is perfectly fine for some bouts of reading and that soft bouclé adds texture to the room.

Best Reading Chair From Target

Threshold and Studio McGee Elroy Accent Chair

Pros

• Budget-friendly
• Bestseller, can't go wrong

Cons

• Cheaper materials used

Also good for all forms of home decor: Studio McGee's collections with Threshold at Target are always strong choices. This accent chair has a deep base and propped up pillows that make it look more interesting than your standard reading chair. It comes in a few lightly colored linen fabrics, like this cream or dark gray, along with tan and cream shearling options.

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Best Reading Chair From West Elm

West Elm Lucia Wing Chair

Pros

• Wide base
• Wide back

Cons

• Pricey

Wing chairs are also great, offering a little more side support for sitting in and a cooler shape for looking at. Like many West Elm pieces, you can get this chair in nearly any color or fabric combination you could dream up, and they all look good. It's a little Italian, little mid-century, very good for reading in.

Easiest Reading Chair

Simplihome Elmont Accent Chair

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Pros

• Well-priced
• Style will easily blend into any home

Cons

• Cheaper materials used
• Mediocre arm rests

For reading seating, you can't go wrong with this simple, well-priced accent chair with its medium back and easy arms. It's a comfy 30 inches wide, made with a neutral linen fabric and black metal frame. If you like the feel but want something smaller, there are 25- and 27-inch options, too.

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Best Designer Reading Chair

Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

The crème de la crème of all reading chairs is non other than the Herman Miller Eames Chair, of course. It's a real splurge, but something that you'll (hopefully) have forever. The quality looks good, sure, but the real test is all in the feel. It's solid frame construction feels substantial and solid, with a perfect cushion ratio for being semi-productive in it.

Best Modern Reading Chair

West Elm Auburn Chair

Now 20% Off

Pros

• Easy style
• Great upgrade option

Cons

• Meh armrests

West Elm's Auburn chair is exactly the kind of reading seat you can put in room that already has most of its design choices set. It's cool but doesn't take away attention from other standout pieces. It's especially great for building out, if you have a space you're putting more than one chair in. Get it in this easy gray fabric or about 1 zillion other color and fabric options.

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