Our Reading Lives features stories about how books and reading have shaped who we are and how we live.
On forgetting what you've read: plot points, minor details, character names, and even the fact that you've read the book before...
A reader had the opportunity to be in a library-themed wedding, and here's how it went!
Soothing words from Percy Bysshe Shelley, or how to use your hammer and chisel.
Recommending books to others causes anxiety in those who take reading seriously. Here is one reader's experience growing comfortable with his preferences.
Celebrating National Higher Education Day, a reader remembers how higher education enabled her to accomplish life long goals of traveling and reading more.
So you finally got that fancy first edition of your favorite book. What do you do with it now?
A reader interviewed married (and divorced) people–all strangers–and paired their diverse relationships with books.
Reading can already be isolating. So why hide?
On a reader's early experiences with books, and taking seven steps to recapture the magic and fluidity of reading as a child in order to learn how to read more again.
