Sort of but not really. I had read an excellent book on bipolar disorder and we had been discussing it. He asked me if he could borrow it. It wasn't that I asked him to read it; it was that he thought it sounded interesting and asked if he could borrow my copy. I have no idea if he read it or not honestly, nor did it really matter to me if he read it himself. We never discussed it specifically again, but he did return it eventually.

I don't know that I'd necessarily expect a T to read a book. I might suggest a book because I find it interesting and discuss why with him, but beyond that, I don't feel it is my place to assign reading to him. I think that's because I'm an English teacher and it would feel odd to me to assign him homework so to speak. I would more likely just share particular parts of a book with him and discuss those particular parts.

Even when he's suggested books to me, it wasn't required that I actually read them. Sometimes I did; sometimes I didn't. I'm an adult; I can make those choices for myself. He's an adult; he can make those choices for himself.