A recent New York Times opinion piece by Daniel Willingham addressed the question of whether listening to a book is the same as reading it. Willingham, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, ...

Like many adults these days, I struggle to find time to really immerse myself in a book. I often attend my beer and book club without quite having finished the month’s selection, or end up powering ...

Ever since audiobooks began to gain in popularity more than a decade ago, this question has been raised: Are kids who listen to assigned books rather than reading them actually cheating? Is reading a ...

I’m a complete audiobook addict. Long commutes are the perfect time to listen to books, and whether I’m stuck in traffic, taking along walk, or working out at the gym, I’m probably listening to a book ...

Readers respond to a librarian who wrote that listening to a book qualifies as reading. To the Editor: Re “Yes, Listening to a Book Counts as Reading,” by Brian Bannon (Opinion guest essay, Nov. 23): ...

Nowadays due to busy life people have no or less time to take advantage of all the benefits of reading. Also, with the availability of various forms of entertainment, we get distracted and have less ...

When I first properly got back into reading early last year, I was a brand new mum with my hands constantly full. When I wasn't spending long stretches of time trapped on the sofa by my napping ...