Dishing about what you’re reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Even better if your audience has read the same book. Reading with others also provides space to deepen community, ignite ...

Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats. Overall, 75% of U.S. adults say they have read all or part of at ...

The Paper Crane Bookstore in Two Rivers closed in late December. New owner Carrie Paczkowski will reopen the shop in the spring as Uncorked Book Lounge. The new establishment will sell books and gifts ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...

Shortly after introducing improved lyrics with offline support, Spotify announced new features for those who use the platform for audiobooks, a feature that was launched in 2022. Spotify partnered ...

Spotify is expanding beyond streaming music and audiobooks to bring physical books into its app. The company has announced a partnership with Bookshop.org that will let users buy real paper books ...

I switch between e-books and paper books every week, and in 2026 the choice feels less like a tech argument and more like a comfort decision. Some days I want a feather-light library in my bag, and ...

In a hard year—and when, recently, have we had one we’d consider easy?—books can be a lifeline and a balm, a place to retreat and regain our grounding. Among the many entertaining, delightful, ...

Ever since Donald Trump was first elected President, in 2016, a slew of books have attempted to reckon with the growing divide between urban and rural populations in the United States. Few do so as ...

To write “Paper Girl,” Beth Macy returned to Urbana, Ohio, documenting the descent of a once flourishing town into entrenched poverty and acrimony. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an ...

The Man on the Monument is the centerpiece of Urbana, Ohio, erected in the city center to pay homage to the region’s Union soldier dead. (Josh Meltzer) Review by Leigh Haber There couldn’t be a ...

The rise of artificial intelligence in education is forcing schools and universities to rethink everything from homework policies to how final exams are administered. With tools like ChatGPT now ...