To hold books of various sizes at a desired height and desired angle of inclination.

By fixing a pair of right and left supporting rods 7 in an inclined state to a supporting body 1 and providing an upper-side supporting rod 9 and a lower-side supporting rod 11 in the vicinity of the upper end of the supporting rods 7, an insertion space 13 is formed by the pair of supporting rods 7 and the upper-side and lower-side supporting rods 9 and 11. A plurality of horizontal rods 15 are mounted between the supporting rods 7 below the lower-side supporting rod 11. A movable supporting member 17 is inserted into the insertion space 13 in such a way as to be freely vertically moved. A book supporting means 21 of a size enough to support a newspaper is mounted to the front surface of the movable supporting member 17, and a fastening plate 23 is fixed to the back surface of the movable supporting member 17. A plurality of fastening means 25 corresponding to the horizontal rods 15 are arranged in the front and rear of the lower surface of the fastening plate 23.