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 ...

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People are rereading Wuthering Heights for the new movie. An English professor breaks down why Wuthering Heights might be hard to read.

Old-fashioned hobbies are certainly making a comeback, and one neuroscientist claimed that there's one, specifically, that can calm and regulate your nervous system in a way that others just can't.

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, ...

Mr. Bannon is the chief librarian at the New York Public Library, where he is also director of branch libraries and education. Nov. 23, 2025 As a librarian, I get a lot of questions. One I am hearing ...

Nearly half of adults in the United States now go an entire year without finishing a single book, even as the country's wealthiest people treat reading as a non‑negotiable daily ritual. The gap is not ...

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 York — 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 ...