Not the adult kind with wine and pretending you finished the book. The kind where everyone — parents included — reads the same picture book and then argues about it over dinner.

For families with readers at different levels, here's how it works: pick a picture book everyone can access, or pick a chapter book and take turns reading chapters aloud over the course of a week. At dinner, everyone shares their favorite part, their least favorite part, and what they think happens after the book ends. Kids love having opinions that adults take seriously.

For families with older kids, try the "pitch" format: everyone reads their own book during the week, then at dinner on Friday, everyone gives a 30-second pitch for why the rest of the family should read theirs. The best pitch wins, and the whole family reads that book next.