BJ Novak wishes he could read in an airplane chair at home, and Padma Lakshmi once listened to Giovanni’s Room while weight-training.

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 A new study published on Aug. 20 by journal ...

A great book can change your life, and that’s no exaggeration. It allows your imagination to flourish, which can sometimes birth new ideas that are worth exploring. With more than 129 million titles ...

In 1906, the journalist W.T. Stead warned in A Plea for the Revival of Reading that Britain faced a reading crisis. People, he complained, no longer read books. Instead, they skimmed newspapers on ...

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 ...

Reading is a wonderful hobby that's great for your mind, but a recent survey found that all that book learning might literally go to a reader's head. That's because people who read often tend to think ...

Getting lost in a book is now regarded as an enriching experience – but a few hundred years ago, reading novels was ...

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 ...

With the onset of winter, many people have understandably taken their book-reading indoors. The park benches are bare, the outdoor cafe tables barren. Much of the landscape is still covered in ...