From streaming romances to silent book clubs, reading has returned to the center of public life. Here is how it happened, and why it matters.
From streaming romances to silent book clubs, reading has returned to the center of public life. Here is how it happened, and why it matters.
Travelers have always come home ready to begin again. Two decades of research now explains why, and the findings favor the slow, attentive journey.
Travel through ancient Rome with 8 unforgettable historical novels that bring its emperors, rebels, and hidden stories to life.
Fifteen beautiful castles you can sleep in, from Ashford Castle to Czocha and Oheka. A book lover’s guide to castles with stories worth arriving for.
From the Trend Follower to the Ritualist, here are the 12 types of readers, and why every single one of them is reading the right way.
France has 3,000+ independent bookshops, protected by the 1981 loi Lang. Discover book villages, historic shops and the global bookshop revival.
Ten books that were once considered too dangerous to read, from Tyndale’s English Bible and Galileo to Ulysses, Doctor Zhivago and The Satanic Verses, and what happened to the people who printed, owned or translated them.
This October, two beloved institutions of American childhood reading meet on a small wooden post in the front yard.
A bookshop crawl is the slowest way to learn about a city. Five steps to planning one, from choosing your neighborhood to timing it with a festival.
Why reading a book in the places where its story unfolds changes how you see both the book and the place, and what that has to do with slow travel, community, and the quiet pride of being an old soul.
