A voracious reader, the president liked poetry, Civil War history and Southern fiction. He also sent Erica Jong a fan letter. By Douglas Brinkley Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair ...

In a recent article, PW explored ways that teachers and librarians are reaching the most reluctant readers in their classrooms and libraries. This time, we’re looking at the polar opposite: the ...

More than half (54%) of U.S. consumers said they had read at least one book in 2023, and the format of those books varied by reading frequency, a survey by researcher YouGov found. Physical books were ...

There are three types of readers: those who read a few books a year, those who read a few books a week and the roughly 25% of Americans who don’t read any books at all. (That last statistic comes from ...

Reading books is one of the most edifying activities one can engage in. It breeds positive personal development as well as the acquisition of information and knowledge. Reading books has many benefits ...