Reading Habits Posts

Yes, for most purposes, listening to an audiobook counts as reading, with a few caveats worth knowing. A recent poll found that about 40% of American adults still disagree, even though neuroscience shows the brain processes meaning in strikingly s…

If you love libraries, secondhand bookshops, or novels where reading itself becomes the plot, start with these twelve: The Shadow of the Wind for gothic bookstore atmosphere, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore for tech-meets-antiquarian mystery, The…

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded to numerous books since 1918, and this page lists every winner in order, from the earliest recipients through the most recent. The 2026 prize went to Daniel Kraus for Angel Down, a genre-blending Wor…

Monday, July 13, 2026 Today, we're diving into an issue that's as heavy as it is critical: the future of reading in our society and the intriguing article from The Atlantic Monthly that kicked off this compelling discussion. The Atlantic and the A…

If you love books and you love podcasts, there is a good chance you have already stumbled across a book podcast and wondered whether it was worth committing to. The reasons to join a book podcast go well beyond just getting a few reading recommendat…

You want to read more. You have a stack of books, a wishlist that keeps growing, and a nagging feeling that you're not making real progress. The struggle to build a reading list that actually works is something almost every book lover knows. Too man…

There’s a persistent belief that why women read more books than men comes down to men simply not liking books with female protagonists. It’s a tidy explanation, and it’s mostly wrong. A large-scale Cornell University study found that men showed no s…