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This Test Will Tell You How Fast You Read Compared to the Rest of the U.S.
Can you beat the national average?
The 20 ‘Most Well-Read Cities’ in America, According to Amazon.com
Where in U.S. can you find the the biggest bibliophiles?
High Schooler Goes to Yahoo! Answers for Book Summary, Gets Response from Author Instead
Who says no one looks at those anymore?
All Hail King Harry: Potter Series Named Best Young Adult Novels
In a ranking of the top 100 teen books by NPR, the teen wizard swept the competition with his Nimbus 2000.
Reading While Eating for July 23: Something Fishy
Today’s links feature fishy restaurants and fishy witchcraft accusations
Reading While Eating for July 3: Sounds of Summer
Today’s links feature an athletic tiff and guitar riffs.
Brazil Inmates Get Chance to Read Their Way to Freedom
A new program will lighten sentences by up to 48 days a year for prisoners who agree to hit the books.
Where Are America’s Most Well-Read Cities?
And spare us the ‘Best Read’ vs. ‘Most Well-Read’ crap, pedants.
Q&A: How to Give Away One Million Books in One Night
World Book Night, an event started in the U.K., aims to give away one million books to one million people. TIME spoke to Jamie Byng, the event’s founder and chair, about how books can make the world a saner place.
Reading While Eating for March 19: A Look Back
Monday’s links remember the good old days with 1960s literature and Bob Dylan retrospectives.
National Report Card: Students Score Modestly Better in Math, While Reading Stays the Same
Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released today show that while students have made slight gains in math in the past two years, performance in reading remains largely unchanged.