Any reader knows the unique delight of settling down with a good book. But over the past two decades, there has been a steady decline in Americans who read for fun, according to a study published ...

The amount of people engaging in the pastime dropped by 40% over the past two decades, according to new research. Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Do you sometimes crack open a novel during your downtime ...

People truly are reading less these days, especially for fun. It’s the central concern of a new study published in iScience that’s quantified just how much less reading people in the U.S. have been ...

Reading for pleasure in the U.S. fell 40% over two decades, the study found. Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the past ...

Studies have found that reading fiction can make people more empathetic, strengthen their social-cognitive abilities and increase psychological richness.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Most ...

A sweeping new study finds daily pleasure reading in the U.S. has fallen more than 40% over the past two decades. The decline is sharpest among Black Americans, rural residents, and people with lower ...

Nonrequired reading has dropped about 3% a year for 20 years, a sign Americans may be getting dumber. Book lovers, like ...

A recent study has found a sharp decline in the number of Americans who choose to read for fun. The national report published last month in the journal iScience found that people reading for pleasure ...

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 ...

Recent surveys show a significant decline in American schoolchildren reading for pleasure, from 70% in 1984 to 36% today. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan and other adventure heroes, ...

Julia Ries Wexler is a writer focusing on all things health and wellness. She has over 10 years of experience in health journalism, and though she has written about pretty much every health topic ...