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Displaying all articles tagged:
Reading
recommendations
July 31, 2024
Beach Reads for Every Mood
Whether you want to smooth out every wrinkle in your brain or embark on a new series.
By
Emily Gould
culture
July 5, 2024
What Are We All Reading This Summer?
We spent a sweltering summer Saturday at Jacob Riis beach to get some bookshelf inspiration.
By
Katja Vujić
books
June 10, 2024
Ranking Every Single One of Elin Hilderbrand’s Brilliant Books
On the eve of her retirement, a look at her many, many “beach reads” that made me want to sob and/or move to Nantucket.
By
Ginny Hogan
life hacks
Dec. 29, 2023
You’re Never Alone With an Audiobook
Trust me: This year, I spent more than 2,000 hours listening to them to drown out the silence.
By
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
literature
Mar. 8, 2023
Listen, There Are Many Ways to Start a Book
A-Rod appears to be hand-scrawling his on a stack of personal letterhead labeled “BOOK.”
By
Claire Lampen
celebrity
Feb. 15, 2023
Olivia Wilde Loves a Cryptic Literary Reference
What is this John Steinbeck quote doing in her Instagram Stories?
By
Danielle Cohen
lea michele
Sept. 1, 2022
Yes, Lea Michele Can Read
And saying that she can’t is sexist, she told the New York
Times
.
By
Bindu Bansinath
reading
Mar. 30, 2022
Celebrity Admits She Doesn’t Really Read
Finally, an honest
Architectural Digest
home tour.
By
Bindu Bansinath
culture
Jan. 28, 2022
Reading Is a Competition Now
Welcome to my toxic relationship with Goodreads.
By
Jess Thomson
reading
Dec. 1, 2021
Heidi Montag Is Tweeting About Books Again
She wants to read them!
By
Danielle Cohen
acquiescence
Apr. 8, 2021
Turns Out It’s Pretty Good: Reading First Thing in the Morning
An unexpected solution to my book woes.
By
Rachel Charlene Lewis
gift guides
Nov. 25, 2020
The 11 Best Books to Give As Gifts
Titles to satisfy everyone on your list, from fantasy obsessives to die-hard New Yorkers.
By
the Cut
science of us
Aug. 12, 2020
The Reason Comic Sans Is a Public Good
It’s legible to more people.
By
Drake Baer
books
Apr. 29, 2020
A New Simone de Beauvoir Novel Is on the Way
The previously abandoned book, which follows an intimate friendship between two young women, will be published next fall.
By
Amanda Arnold
personal project
Apr. 17, 2020
The Way I Used to Read Recipes
Returning to childhood cookbooks in isolation.
By
Kerensa Cadenas
recommendations
Apr. 8, 2020
The Best Long Books You Finally Have Time to Read
The Cut staff recommends.
By
the Cut
recommendations
Mar. 24, 2020
11 Engaging Audiobooks to Keep You Company
What we’re listening to now in our abundant at-home time.
By
Katie Heaney
cut opinion pages
Nov. 15, 2019
Sadly, I Like Reading Books on My Phone Now
It helps me stay awake, which I cannot say for a paperback book.
By
Katie Heaney
literature
Aug. 29, 2019
The Celebs Are Reading Again
Kendall Jenner interprets Miranda July for us.
By
Hannah Gold
science of us
Jan. 4, 2019
Should I Stop Counting How Many Books I Read?
A neurotic reader’s look at the pros and cons of specific, written goals.
By
Katie Heaney
science of us
Nov. 20, 2018
Reading Fiction Makes You a Little Nicer
Save the publishing industry and save yourself.
By
Katie Heaney
books
June 25, 2018
Rachel Cusk’s Rules for Living
In her new novels, everything counts.
By
Jordan Larson
culture
Oct. 24, 2017
The Joy of Reading Miss Manners in 2017
It’s an escapist fantasy — but also a quiet study in ethics.
By
Maureen O'Connor
Mar. 3, 2017
How to Read More Books When It Feels Like You Never Have Time
All it takes is a few simple tweaks to your routine.
By
Cari Romm
stranger than fiction
Mar. 1, 2017
20 Percent of Readers Still ‘Hear’ the Characters When the Book Is Over
When fictional characters barge into your everyday life.
By
Melissa Dahl
kids these days
Jan. 12, 2017
This 4-Year-Old Has Read More Books Than You
Dailyah Marie Arana has read more than 1,000 books.
By
Lisa Ryan
quantitative humanities
Dec. 1, 2016
When the American Mood Darkens, So Does the Nation’s Vocabulary
Especially in times of war or economic collapse.
By
Drake Baer
Nov. 15, 2016
This Viral Trump Syllabus Will Help You Understand How the Mess Was Made
A deep dive into the Trump years behind us — and ahead.
By
Drake Baer
reading
Nov. 2, 2016
Amazon’s New Strategy for Getting Kids to Read Is So Depressing
Shouldn’t kids be reading books?
By
Laura June
Oct. 19, 2016
Everyone Wants to Believe That Reading Good Books Will Make You a Good Person
The studies on this just keep piling up.
By
Melissa Dahl
Aug. 25, 2016
Another Reason to Be Smug About Your Superior Taste in Books
Reading literature may help you “read” people, too.
By
Melissa Dahl
take that karl ove
Aug. 12, 2016
This Book Is the Female Answer to Knausgaard
And GUESS WHAT: It’s under 200 pages.
By
Meaghan O'Connell
July 25, 2016
You Can Bribe Your Kid to Love Books
If you do it right.
By
Cari Romm
July 19, 2016
‘Book Deserts’ Leave Low-Income Kids With Nothing to Read
The neighborhoods are like food deserts, but for education.
By
Cari Romm
fathers day
June 17, 2016
Make Your Dad Read Elena Ferrante!
A project in honor of Father’s Day.
By
Anna Silman
longreads
June 14, 2016
10 Books We’re Reading Right Now
Read with us.
By
the Cut
June 3, 2016
The Lasting Benefits of Growing Up Around Books
A new study links access to non-schoolbooks in childhood with a higher income later in life.
By
Melissa Dahl
May 11, 2016
Tom Brady Loves to Read
His favorite author is Dr. Seuss.
By
Allie Jones
Apr. 18, 2016
The Sad Truth About Speed-Reading: It Doesn’t Work
There is, alas, no real shortcut.
By
Melissa Dahl
Mar. 8, 2016
What It Feels Like to Be a Dyslexic Reader
Many with the learning disorder say a developer’s interpretation is pretty close to the real thing.
By
Tanya Basu
love and war
Feb. 1, 2016
The Best Books I Ever Stole From My Mother
In honor of the 50th birthday of
Valley of the Dolls
.
By
Laura June
longreads
Jan. 11, 2016
9 Books We’re Reading Right Now
Under-the-radar YA novels, forgotten Great American Novels, and, yes, Elena Ferrante.
By
the Cut
reading
Dec. 31, 2015
Is
Dietland
2015’s Most Surprising Book About Women?
Dietland
is what you get when you blend commercial women’s fiction, second-wave feminism, and
Fight Club.
By
Elisabeth Donnelly
longreads
Nov. 12, 2015
9 Books We’re Reading Right Now
New York in the 1970s, the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a powerful addiction memoir.
By
the Cut
self portrait
Sept. 25, 2015
Return Ticket: The Memories on My Bookshelf
Rereading is like rewriting ourselves, reinventing the past.
By
Valeria Luiselli
old-fashioned young people
Dec. 16, 2014
The Teens Like Those Old-timey Printed Books
New data on the reading habits of the youth.
By
Maggie Lange
parenting
Dec. 5, 2014
If Your Kids Won’t Read, Maybe You Should Find Them Better Books
Three quarters of kids say they want to find more books they like.
By
Jesse Singal
selfies
Oct. 1, 2014
What Kind of Girl Reads
Not That Kind of Girl
?
White girls with glasses, it seems.
By
Allison P. Davis
reading
Sept. 26, 2014
Look Away From This Graph, Book Lovers
Guess whether or not young people are spending lots of money on traditional books?
By
Jesse Singal
Aug. 12, 2014
Can
Where the Wild Things Are
Teach Kids Empathy?
The larger life lessons of picture books.
By
Melissa Dahl
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