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

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You know that feeling when you finish a book and just have to discuss it with someone? That's a great book club book. Here are 20 tried-and-true titles that are sure to get the conversation started.

Sometimes the best stories don't need 400 pages to leave a mark. On National Read a Book Day, why not pick up a slim volume you can finish in one sitting and that will make you think, feel, and wonder ...

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Mr. Bannon is the chief librarian at the New York Public Library, where he is also director of branch libraries and education. Nov. 23, 2025 As a librarian, I get a lot of questions. One I am hearing ...

I was 25-years-old and living in New York City. I had just finished my first novel, set to dip my toes into the literary world for the first time. Then, I spilled water on my computer, and lost the ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, ...

National Read a Book Day sparks debate: Book or movie first? Saturday marks National Read a Book Day, and it’s fueling a classic debate. PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — Saturday marks National Read a Book Day, ...