Want to read at night? Try a fun lamp.

I'll admit that I do most of my reading these days via ebook, so I have built in lights in my ereader, but I still read print books (I usually don't buy books with illustrations or maps in ebook form and sometimes I just want the heft and paper and scent of a print book). When that happens, I have to have a good bedside lamp, because I usually read before I go to bed. I have a small vanilla-ish lamp (and no, vanilla-ish isn't a word as far as I know, but it describes the lamp). Still, sometimes I enjoy looking around to see what else is available.

Here are some of the ones that I found (note: some of these are meant for children, but I'm not a book snob when it comes to age groups and neither am I a lamp snob. If it's interesting, I'm in). 

This group from Etsy intrigue me just because they look like books. Not sure how much light they give out.

2024 update - These lamps seem to have disappeared, but if you do a search on Etsy for Book Lamps, you'll find other interesting lamps.

Another book-shaped light. This one can be personalized. It comes in different sizes and can be used standing, on its back fanned out, or even opened to a full 360 degrees.

Personalized Book Light

This one looks like a lemon. How fun is that? Available at Amazon, it comes in different colors and also different shapes (a honeybee-type and a sort of rabbit. You'd have to click through to see what I mean by those shapes. A bit of artistic license going on there). 

Lemon Lamp

The Krux lamp from IKEA looks like a puppy (I think). 

2024 Update: It appears to have disappeared from US stores, but it's still available as vintage on places like eBay or Etsy and is also still available overseas.

This flower lamp comes in multiple colors (two at the link below, but elsewhere on the website there's also a green one).

Flower lamp

There are numerous lamps similar to this dog table lamp (a person running, for example). They're adjustable.

Dog Table Lamp

There are a lot of fun robot lamps of various styles on Etsy and Amazon (do a search on each site to see what I mean). Here's one. This might be fun, especially if you're into steampunk.

Available at Amazon (one of my favorite Steampunk lamps. I wish I had a place to put it).

You can also get a personalized folding lamp. (Or you can find plain folding lamps.

Personalized Folding Lamp

If that isn't enough to get you started, try going to either Amazon or Etsy (or just Google) and looking for owl lamps, Harry Potter lamps, folding table lamp, flower lamp, LEGO lamps, or whatever your imagination can come up with. There are tons of ideas out there. 

Have fun searching!