When you get lost in a book, you often enter a trance-like state similar to meditation and that state is deeply protective.” ...

Meet your reading goals, one page at a time.

For most people, reading is one of those activities you always add to your resolution list, but never actually get around to.

Know your attention span. How many minutes can you read before your mind wanders? The average is 20-30 minutes. Know how many pages you can read in an attention span. For instance, 10 pages in a ...

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted. Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? It's definitely ...

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.

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 ...

Americans are reading for pleasure less. Let’s get back in the habit. By Jancee Dunn The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer ...

Imagine opening a book that knows exactly what you want to read. Not just the genre, but the pacing you prefer, the ...

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted. Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? Or maybe you even ...