Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief ...

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Have you ever recognized yourself in a book you are reading — whether in a character or situation — and thought, “wow, I’m not the only one?” It is a powerful moment, and one that might be helpful in ...

Getting lost in the pages of a good book is the highest form of entertainment for many people. If you’re a big reader, you probably already know how easy it is to lose all sense of time when absorbed ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

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Reading is hard right now. The pandemic has pushed our already scattered attention spans to a crisis point. But even before 2020, stressors such as political chaos and the allure of our phones made it ...

There's a Japanese word that describes your pile of unread books: tsundoku. It dates back to the 1800s but feels especially relevant today — after all, we're reading less than we used to. Every ...