When was the last time you curled up with a good book or flipped through the pages of a magazine? If it’s been a while, you’re not alone: The number of Americans who read for fun has plummeted over ...

Researchers fear the reading decline reflects how many Americans have less and less leisure time. “Reading for pleasure, among other forms of arts participation, is a health behavior,” said one author ...

Put down the book, pick up the phone. So it goes in the United States, where daily reading for pleasure has plummeted more than 40% among adults over the last two decades, according to a new study ...