The paper consists of a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part of the paper refers to the explanation of the main terms and concepts. Literacy is one of the main components of the work, given that its prerequisite is reading through which reading habits and interests are developed. Parents and other adults, in cooperation with educational institutions, can lay a good foundation for the development of literacy in such a way that the child will be directed towards the book from an early age. The research part of the work refers to the presentation and analysis of the students' reading autobiography method, which is the goal of the work. The purpose of the work is to gain insight into the development of reading interests and habits of students of the Department of Information Sciences. The research is based on a qualitative method, and the idea is for the respondents to recall their earliest memories of the book. This is an example of a narrative method that is also used in psychology. The contribution of the work is represented by two new categories that were formed according to data from readers' autobiographies. The new categories can be used as a complement to the already existing framework of Christina Garba, who presented the basic structure of the reader's autobiography with three associated components. Since only one person defined the categories of the text within the research, certain prejudices or unevenness in assigning parts of the text to a certain category are possible, so the above represents the limitations of the research. The research answered the set research questions, and the results provide data on the reading habits of the respondents, as well as their interests and attitudes towards reading.