The chronicler of suburbia — known for “Election” and “Little Children” — set his latest in a New Jersey enclave in the 1970s. After a tragedy, a grieving young teen named Jimmy falls in with two ...

Contrary to what we think of as intellectual property, most ideas are difficult to trace back to one human mind. Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Catalog was seen as a countercultural milestone, but his ...

With so many books in the world, reading can be an endlessly expensive hobby. But thanks to the internet and the magic of libraries, there are a ton of ways to read your favorite books for free, from ...

Zoë Read is WHYY’s watershed reporter. She joined WHYY in 2015 as a multimedia reporter covering Delaware news for the web and FM. Zoë’s expansive reporting coverage ranged from efforts to legalize ...

Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often ...

Whether it's parents, carers or teachers, there's an awful lot of people in our lives that try and get us into the habit of reading. But maybe halt those rolling eyes for a moment, because reading is ...

Whether you’re looking to read more in 2026 or smash your Goodreads goal, you’ve come to the right place. From romance novels and historical fiction to crime capers and fantasy, the best new book ...

When you read a text and show you understand it by answering questions, this is called comprehension. You use comprehension skills all the time in everyday life. For example, when you work out what a ...

Three times a week, The Audio Long Read podcast brings you the Guardian’s exceptional longform journalism in audio form. Covering topics from politics and culture to philosophy and sport, as well as ...

The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about. By The New York Times Books Staff Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood. By The New York Times Books Staff Ann ...

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