The reader honor system can directly stimulate readers to participate in reading activities, which has a certain positive significance for solving the difficulties faced by University Libraries in the process of classic reading promotion. This paper studies the basic characteristics of the honor system, obtains the research and practice status of the reader honor system through literature research, and explores the reader honor system architecture of reading promotion, this paper puts forward some strategies for the construction of reader honor system, such as formulating a reasonable honor incentive system, paying attention to the implementation effect of the honor mechanism, and striving to build a long-term honor mechanism to form a stable core reader group.