Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase creativity and boost empathy. A recent analysis of U.S. government ...

Once an independent experience, reading has exploded into the digital world, thanks to social-media platforms such as TikTok ...

Is your Spotify Wrapped a bluff? While digital algorithms track our listening, an analog "book stack" offers a deeper look at our intentions. From Timothy Snyder to Hans Fallada, here is how one ...

Some of the biggest names from TikTok's book community give Rolling Stone their predictions for what their side of the app ...

Even in the AI era, bookstores and online reading communities still rely heavily on human expertise and personal ...

About 82% of U.S. adults reported reading fewer than 10 books in 2023, according to data analytics firm YouGov. An elite 1% ...

’Enough reading now.’ ‘Put away your book.’ These were the calls I dreaded. I was forbidden because I had to study, I would spoil my eyes, and, worst of all, ‘because I say so.’ ...

In a digital age obsessed with filters and fleeting trends, a new social app is betting on something quieter: the books we read. Bengaluru-based BoiPoka Labs ha ...

Here’s a thought many of us have these days: if only we weren’t on our damn phones all the time, we would surely unlock a better self—one that went on hikes and talked more with our children and felt ...

Goodreads users have spoken, tracking their reading for the year to determine the most read books of 2025. The platform released the lists on Monday, December 1, sharing the top books overall and in ...

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