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

You know that feeling when you finish a book and just have to discuss it with someone? That's a great book club book. Here ...

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

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The reading app shared its annual list of 100 favorites books, curated by librarians Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at ...

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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 ...

When I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, summer was all about quasi-anarchic, unsupervised free-range child roaming. It was decidedly not about homework, so you may not recall those reading lists teachers ...

Our staff writes about the best books that they read over the course of the year. Our staff writes about the best books that they read over the course of the year. These days when you want to engage ...

Books have shaped cultures, inspired revolutions, and changed the course of history. Among millions of titles, a select few have been read by billions. Whether due to religious significance, cultural ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...