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

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In a haunting scene from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner, a young Amir watches helplessly as his best friend Hassan gets assaulted. As Amir stands paralyzed on the sidelines ...

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English teachers have long claimed reading books makes you a better person, maybe because their livelihoods have long depended on it. Now they've got proof, courtesy of the science wing. But not just ...

Discovered: Emotional engagement with fiction boosts real-world empathy; a new MRI video of a fetal brain; Siberia's permafrost is thawing too quickly; a microchip that restores vision. Fiction as an ...

During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate.

In a hyper-capitalist culture optimised for skimming and distraction, the ability to sit still with a novel is both ...

Local libraries reveal the fiction and nonfiction titles people borrowed most in 2025—offering a ready-made reading list for ...

Esquire to launch new plot-driven eBook series, "Fiction For Men" May 23, 2012— -- While women voraciously devour fiction books like the racy "Fifty Shades of Grey" a major publisher is betting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about strategy. Poring over annual reports? Absolutely. Reading a successful business book? Perhaps. Cuddling up with a ...

Even the wealthy elite are in on the trend: take Dave Ramsey, for example - in his massively popular podcasts and radio show, his book recommendations almost exclusively lean toward self-help and ...