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

I have always divided my reading into two general categories: day books and night books. Day books are something that require ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

I research and write about happiness, so every year before Jan. 1, I ask people, “What resolutions will you make this year?” With reliable frequency, people tell me, “I want to read more.” Perhaps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reading less means missing out on the brain-boosting benefits of books and more. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; ...

Mr. Donahue teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. In her memoir, Dorothy Allison writes, “Two or three things I know for sure and one of them is that telling the ...

Breanna Wright, Alyse Lennox and Fernanda Mata received funding from Australia Reads to undertake the project described in this article. Almost half of Australians wish they read more: in our recent ...