The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...

Book clubs were one place many bookworms turned for reading recommendations in 2025. Here are the reasons why you should join ...

Aim to bump older, culturally important, or much-recommended works to the top of your to-be-read list. This is an edition of ...

People often stop reading in adulthood because they're fatigued from school book assignments or just don't have the time.

When was the last time you read a book? According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, reading is something a majority of Americans enjoy, and want to get better at. But it's nowhere near a top priority. The ...

Human behavior is fascinating. At times, it feels as if everyone around us is an open book—until you realize the book is written in Cantonese and you only speak Spanish. Reading people isn’t a science ...

New research from University College London and the University of Florida suggests that the number of people in the U.S. who read for pleasure is declining Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...

Pulling up to The Henson, a boutique hotel in the Catskills, it hit me what I was about to do: spend 48 hours with 14 strangers reading a book out loud. I’ve dreaded reading aloud since my elementary ...

Comfort reading can be a surprisingly powerful way to reset when you’re feeling blue. Cozying up with familiar stories and ...

While true limitations and consequences of trading physical books for online alternatives are often most harmful for young kids’ comprehension, according to a study from Review of Educational Research ...

Walk through the hallways of my high school on any morning, and you’ll see students scrolling through TikTok, flipping between Snapchat stories, or checking their email before class starts. What you ...