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The article considers the role and place of the Russian philosophical book in the spiritual life of the person and highlights the necessity of studying the phenomenon of reading for the formation of spirituality of the modern generation. Philosophical approaches towards reading in the historical retrospection and the modern state of the problem are analyzed. The attitude of the scientific world towards the moral state of the modern literature is shown. A book is considered as a source of self-education and individual spiritual life of a person. The author thinks that reading the philosophical book facilitates formation of the world outlook, personal and spiritual development of the modern person.