When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Jenna Bush Hager is an avid bookworm, and founded her beloved book club, Read with Jenna, in 2019. See all of the 'Today with Jenna and Sheinelle' show co-host's 2026 selections here.

Looking for new reading recs? These are some of the biggest releases of the year, from buzzy debuts to new stories from firm ...

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Children and an adult read books at the Altadena Main Library in Altadena, Calif., in March 2025. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images After decades of stagnating ...

A few weeks ago, we asked NPR staffers to share their all-time favorite summer reads. Old, new, fiction, nonfiction — as long as it was great to read by a pool or on a plane, it was fair game. Scroll ...

After a multiyear reading slump, I ended 2025 having read 63 books, the highest number I’ve read in recent years.

ThriftBooks is launching its 500 Billion Page Challenge to help America fall back in love with reading ...

J.K. Rowling's bestselling "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is one of the best books for teens. This list of teen book rankings is based on honors the books have received, reader ratings on ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a program of the Department of Education.