The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

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President Obama’s summer reading list is full of literary fiction. So is Richard Branson’s list of the books that influenced him the most. Both icons are exceptionally busy guys. Why do they make time ...

English teachers have long claimed reading books makes you a better person, maybe because their livelihoods have long depended on it. Now they've got proof, courtesy of the science wing. But not just ...

The New York Times Book Review is out with its annual "best books" roundup, producing 100 "notables" that readers should ...

When a 2013 study published in Science concluded that reading literary fiction for as few as 20 minutes could improve someone's social abilities, it made quite the splash. However, when researchers ...

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