√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1600-1699 | "Writing about himself in the third person, Robert Boyle ... blamed his short attention span on poor reading habits: h... | Robert Boyle | | romance | Print: Unknown |
| 1600-1699 | 'Robert Boyle being made to "read the state adventures of Amadis de Gaulle and other fabulous stories" which met a "re... | Robert Boyle | Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo | Amadis de Gaule | Print: Unknown |
| 1600-1699 | Adrian Johns notes how the school-aged Robert Boyle was advised to read romances [incuding "'the stale Adventures [of]... | Robert Boyle | | romances including Amadis de Gaulle | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | "What originally made [Robert] Boyle so 'passionate a Friend to Reading,' he was wont to say, 'was the accidentall Per... | Robert Boyle | | Quintus Curtius | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | "In Geneva on the Grand Tour ... [Robert] Boyle would continue to pursue 'above all the Reading of Romances,' and woul... | Robert Boyle | | French romances | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | Adrian Johns notes how, long after enjoying the romance of Quintus Curtius when young, "[Robert] Boyle ... found himse... | Robert Boyle | | Quintus Curtius | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | Adrian Johns notes that "It was [Robert] Hooke who, during his employ with [Robert] Boyle, conducted him through most ... | Robert Boyle | Rene Descartes | | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | Adrian Johns notes that "It was [Robert] Hooke who, during his employ with [Robert] Boyle, conducted him through most ... | Robert Boyle | Rene Descartes | Passions | Print: Book |