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When was the last time you read a book? If you're like many Americans, the honest answer is, not recently. A new NPR/Ipsos poll of more than 2,000 adults found that only 51% had read a book in the ...

Two experts break down what happens in the brain when you read text versus listen to an audiobook. Discover the differences ...

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): ...

Audiences in ancient Greece listened to poets sing of the adventures of Odysseus. Today we have audiobooks.

Whether it's documents in textbooks or fiction studied in literature classes, reading print remains a pillar in learning. But the audiobook craze opens up new possibilities. Could listening to ...

Switching from the page to the eardrums offers more than a few changes to the experience of taking in the written word. Any activity that involves you staring at something up close for an extended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billionaire Marc Andreessen swears by reading—and listening to—books as a top habit, key to understanding the world. (Steve ...

Shop this article: “James” by Percival Everett, “George Orwell’s 1984” by Joe White and “First Lie Wins” by Ashley Elston If you love audiobooks but don’t want to pay for each one, check out this list ...