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

Looking to read more this year? The best way to put a New Year’s resolution into action is to make a plan, and that includes organizing all of those books you want to read in 2025. The most well-known ...

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 ...

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 ...