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Fewer Americans read for pleasure; this article offers tips to reignite the habit, including setting aside reading time, rereading favorites, using audiobooks, and knowing when to quit a book.
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How to Rekindle Your Love of Reading By Jancee Dunn Published Aug. 29, 2025Updated Aug. 30, 2025 Americans are reading for pleasure less. Letβs get back in the habit. The staff at my local library are usually a convivial bunch, but when I asked them about a recent report that fewer people were reading for fun, they grew subdued. Yes, they saw it too, they told me. The study found that the number of Americans who read for pleasure on a given day fell 40 percent over the last two decades. The researchers speculated that the drop could be tied to the rise of digital media, among other things. Itβs a shame. Not only is it delicious to immerse yourself in a good book, but itβs also beneficial to your health to read. Research suggests that reading can keep your memory sharp and help you sleep better, and that reading fiction can increase empathy and improve well-being. But itβs hard to stay in the habit. So I asked around for tips on how to read more regularly. Set aside regular tim...
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