Did you read your new book yesterday? vs Did you read her new book yesterday?

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings. The first phrase asks if the person read their own new book, while the second phrase asks if the person read a book belonging to someone else. The choice between the two depends on the context and the intended meaning.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Did you read your new book yesterday?"

This phrase is used to ask if someone read a book that belongs to them, specifically a new book.

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Hey. -I read your new book.
Did you read your sales training manual?
Did you read your beloved book?
Did you read my traffic memo yesterday?
Did you read Dr. Brennan's new book, Agent Booth?
Whit gave me the galleys to his new book yesterday at lunch.
So did you read your evaluation yet?
Herschel, did you read your Exodus?
Did you read your sales training manual?
Did you read your sister in?
Did you read your sister in?
How did you come up with the idea for your new book?
What's really on your mind is whether or not I've read your precious new book.
Your new book, of course.
We're excited about your new book.
I think it's your new book.
So, Doctor, tell us about your new book.
About your new book, I have no suggestions.
- And that you read your horoscope.
And that you read your horoscope.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"Did you read her new book yesterday?"

This phrase is used to ask if someone read a book that belongs to another person, specifically a new book belonging to 'her'.

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Evita needs me to read her galley proofs for her new book.
Did you read my traffic memo yesterday?
Did you read Dr. Brennan's new book, Agent Booth?
Did you read her review of Philip Pullman's new one in the Church Times?
Whit gave me the galleys to his new book yesterday at lunch.
To discuss the publishing of her new book...
She's celebrating her new book, Back-burner Baby.
Hilary's got a launch party for her new book.
I read her new manuscript and I thought it was really good.
I suppose you read her memoirs.
Dude, you read her diary.
That's why you were happy when you read her laptop.
So... I trust you read her the riot act.
The author comes to prison to interview the inmate for her new book.
Maybe she's trying to hype her new book. I don't know.
Abby was about to pitch me her new book idea.
In fact, Miss Chu has started writing her new book.
You can read about it in her new book From Misdemeanors to Miss Congeniality.
Wait. You read her diary?
Have you read her PhD on neo-orthodoxy and realistic dialectical theology?

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Did you read your new book yesterday? vs Did you read her new book yesterday?

"Did you read your new book yesterday?"

"Did you read her new book yesterday?"

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