“‘Reading?’” former basketballer Chris Bosh remembers some of his coaches saying. “‘Every minute spent reading is a minute you could spend watching film, or hitting the gym, or putting up a hundred ...

At the start of the season, we made a literary bucket list. Here’s how we checked it off. By The New York Times Books Staff A few months ago, we invited you to join us in a low-stakes summer reading ...

Hey book lovers! Are you ready? It's time to grab a drink and a snack, find a cozy spot in the house and get comfortable. Toss the throw blanket over you and open that book. Today is 'National Read A ...

A great book can change your life, and that’s no exaggeration. It allows your imagination to flourish, which can sometimes birth new ideas that are worth exploring. With more than 129 million titles ...

In between those New Year's Resolutions to eat healthier and exercise more, why not give your brain a bit of a workout too? Regular reading leads to positive impacts on your mental and emotional ...

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 ...

IT’S been a long day. The pressures of the daily grind are weighing you down and you need to decompress. As a writer, ...

“A book is a dream that you hold in your hands” according to author Neil Gaiman. Or, more simply, in the words of Dr. Suess, “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the ...

“Several people have told me lately that they’ve stopped being able to read, echoing my own experience,” author Katherine May confessed in her newsletter recently. Statistics suggest May and her ...