Ask This Book provides AI-generated explanations of a book's plot or characters, but it's unclear how Amazon plans to prevent AI hallucinations or whether the books will be used for AI training.

Book clubs can be an exciting and intellectual activity to take part in, but what happens if they turn a bit stale? Everyone has experienced the dreaded lull in a conversation at least once in their ...

Following the cultural and critical phenomenon that was Heated Rivalry Season 1, chatter about what could happen in Season 2 ...

Ask me what I’m reading at any given moment and I’ll probably rattle off at least three titles, not to mention comics and the occasional textbook I may also be chipping away at in the background.

A quiz that delivers reading recommendations helps bookworms find their next reads. Credit...Zach Hackman Supported by By Stefano Montali Not long ago, Jennifer Harlan, an editor at The New York Times ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

Put down the tome – there are easier ways to tackle your 2026 reading goal. Reading shouldn’t be stressful, but sometimes that "read more" resolution can feel like a challenge. To help jump start your ...

This new year, I chose to drop reading goals. A reflection on pressure, attention, and letting books lead without numbers., ...

Readers are always looking for new books and, don't you know, NPR's Books We Love has tons of suggestions! We hear staff picks for great novels to check out from 2025.

According to a Gallup survey from 2022, Americans are reading fewer books per year than ever before. And the time that people spend reading has dropped over the years, too. All right, it's time now ...

I recognize I usually start with some kind of funny story or joke, but this is definitely not one. It's a simple question: Has any policy ever looked more politically dunderheaded in immediate ...