My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

  It is a sweet and satisfying ritual. We read aloud to each other in bed each night. Then Amy and I kiss goodnight before sleep. The...

It is alarming that people don’t read books much anymore—especially young people. “A number of recent studies have demonstrated that fict...

My mother’s walking has slowed, but not her reading. For as long as I can remember, she has read at least five books a week, and I notice th...