Reading is a dying art. In 2024, 40 per cent of Britons did not read or listen to a book. More than a third of adults say that they’ve given up reading for pleasure. In the era of the smartphone, ...

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 ...

The New Year has a funny way of making everything feel possible, including finishing a book without getting “distracted” by a notification that says nothing. At the same time, federal time-use data ...

Jokes about the decline in reading literacy among Americans abound, but a recent study confirms this troubling trend. Over the last 20 years, researchers found there’s been a 40% decline in the ...

Just 34.6% of children in the UK read for pleasure, according to a 2024 survey by the National Literacy Trust. This is the ...

The phrase “reading for fun” is increasingly an oxymoron in the United States. This may explain why the United States has an increasing number of morons. A study released in August found that between ...

Too many boys think reading for fun isn’t “cool.” This isn’t breaking news. Global studies from the mid-2000s found boys are less likely to read for pleasure than girls, a trend that continues today.