I have always divided my reading into two general categories: day books and night books. Day books are something that require ...

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

Reading promises so much: better mental health, a sense of wellbeing, cultural and educational enrichment, even greater ...

Levels of stress, depression, and anxiety are especially high in today’s hectic world. It can be hard to find time for self-care and especially hard to find time for leisure activities like reading.

Here's a bunch of apps I regularly use that track your TBR (to be read) pile, the books you DNFed (did not finish), and offer suggestions for your next read. Some are prettier than others, and most ...

Love to curl up on the couch with a good book? You aren’t alone. According to a Gallup poll published in 2022, in 2021 Americans read roughly 12 books a year, amounting to around one a month. That ...

Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

As our communities wrestle with loneliness, pleasure reading and the libraries that sustain it offers an affordable path to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Timothy E Shanahan, University of Illinois Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) After decades of ...