Twenty-three hundred years ago, the legend goes, King Ptolemy I of Egypt asked his court adviser to assemble a comprehensive collection of the world’s written works. Ptolemy, who had served under ...

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Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

If you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, Lector americanus, has been declining for decades. The ...

When was the last time you curled up with a good book or flipped through the pages of a magazine? If it’s been a while, you’re not alone: The number of Americans who read for fun has plummeted over ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an ...

Avid readers know that when it comes to choosing the best reading chair, they not only need to be comfortable enough for long reading sessions—they should also provide ample support and space to sit ...

Linguistics is one of the smallest academic departments at UC San Diego, with under 60 students graduating with a linguistics degree each year. Given these students’ close community and widely held ...