When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase ...

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

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, ...

Here’s a sentence I can’t believe I have to write in the year 2025: Reading is good for you. Granted, coming from a newspaper editor, there’s some implicit bias in that statement, given that my ...

Let’s be honest: there are a thousand reasons why people hate reading. We had to read “classics” in high school. Shakespeare was stuffed down our throats in college. Every book we read growing up had ...

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 ...

Nowadays, most of us get our news from social media or online. Sure, it isn't as fun as flipping through the pages, but in a world where technology rules, most people find it more convenient. There ...

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase ...