Why should you make reading a daily habit? Here's what our editors have to say on the subject, plus tips to make this habit stick.

Reading for pleasure has declined by 10 percent since 2003, according to a 2025 American Time Use Survey. There are all kinds of potential explanations for this, from the rise of social media to the ...

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...

This video is a guide to reading and understanding your books, primarily based on Mortimer Adler's book 'How to Read a Book'. It covers the four levels of reading and discusses the differences between ...

In a world full of distractions, it can be challenging to find the time to escape into literature, but it is never too late to get back to reading. The top of the new year is the perfect time to ...

Immersive reading starts with setting up for success. If you really want to lock into the story, make sure you have good ...

“A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are actually teaching ourselves how to ...

I read 95 books last year – here’s how I managed it - FIRST PERSON: Trying to stick to your resolution of reading more in 2026? From picking tomes to match your mood to planning your to-read list, Kat ...