Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Human behavior is fascinating. At times, it feels as if everyone around us is an open book—until you ...

NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase ...

Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...

Reading books is tied to a longer life, research reveals. A study has found just discovered that book readers lived an average of two years longer than those who did not read at all. Those who read ...

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, ...

Even in the cold, book readers were out in force around town — on trains, waiting for the Metro, at the gym and walking down the street.