Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats. Overall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5:46 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 to correct who Karen Read intends to sue. Karen Read is asking a judge to let her use records from fired Massachusetts ...

Regular social media use during early adolescence is linked to weaker reading and vocabulary development over time, new research shows. Teens who spend more time on social platforms are more likely to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Many users would argue that there is nothing better to do on a Kindle than to read. It is, after all, designed exactly for that purpose. It ...

“Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich ...

Senate staff have been approved to use three major AI chatbots for official work. That includes OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. Lawmakers and staffers have already been ...

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...

This Read Across America Day, we proudly join millions of students, parents, teachers, and librarians across our Nation in celebrating the importance of reading in our homes and literacy in our ...

The Oct. 27, 2025, article “Novels vs. Excerpts: What to Know About a Big Reading Debate ” and related reporting about reading instruction resonated with me. I’m fortunate enough to spend time in ...

On a summer day, sitting near the window of his study at his home in Oxford, England, J.R.R. Tolkien paused while grading papers to scribble the first sentence of his first novel: “In a hole in the ...

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If you just want to cut to the chase and get to the meat of a website, Google Chrome's Reading Mode is going to be a vital tool to get it done. When you enable Reading Mode, you'll only get all the ...