Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
How one reader's habit of reading romance on their phone to hide their interest in the genre became a way to honor that love.
When I was in middle school, Fruits Basket had a grip on me that still affects me to this day. I reread the series to figure out why.
The popularity of audiobooks has been rising, and I’m tardy to the party and making up for squandered time.
How one writer's reading about Washington DC changed from daydreaming about living there, to her decade in the city, to having to leave it.
People with pets often speak to them, but what about reading out loud to them? One writer makes the case on why they read to their Labrador.
How many times do readers usually hear about a book before committing to read or buy it, and is exposure all that matters here?
How can someone not want kids, but be so moved by books about parenting? One writer examines their layered feelings around the subject.
One reader describes her years-long quest to find the book of scary stories that sunk its hooks into her brain as a child.
How reading fiction about doomsday cults can actually be an exercise in optimism and hope. Someone has to live to tell the story, after all.
I read five of Trevor Noah's favorite books. Here's what I thought of them and what I learned about Trevor Noah through this experience.