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Est-ce que tu lis un livre de survie ?

Est-ce que tu lis un livre de survie ?
Are you reading a survival book?
From Lesson 196:Emphasizing 'none' (ne... aucun)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que tu lis un livre de survie ?

Why is it livre de survie instead of just translating 'survival book' word-for-word?
In English, we often stack nouns together to describe something (like 'survival' and 'book'). In French, you generally can't do this. Instead, you connect the main noun to its describing noun using de (of), literally making it 'book of survival'.
How would I answer this question negatively using the grammar from this lesson (ne... aucun)?
To say 'No, I am not reading any survival book' or '...not a single survival book', you would say: Non, je ne lis aucun livre de survie. Notice that the negative word aucun takes the place of the article un, and you drop the word pas entirely.
As a B1 learner, should I be using est-ce que or inversion to ask this?
Est-ce que is perfectly natural and the most common way to ask a question in everyday spoken French. If you wanted to sound more formal or were writing an essay, you could use inversion: Lis-tu un livre de survie ? You should understand both, but est-ce que is great for speaking.
What is the infinitive verb for lis?
The infinitive is lire (to read). It is an irregular verb. As a quick refresher, remember that in the present singular, both je and tu use lis, while the third-person form is il/elle lit.

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