On media-center couches and at conference-room tables, downing Cokes and sipping coffee together, teachers around the country are cracking open books to get better at what they do—and, often, ...

You can’t tell a book by its cover — but you can tell how smart a person is by how many they own. A new study from the Australian National University and the University of Nevada discovered which ...

A new study combed through hundreds of thousands of words in 247 children’s books and found that the books could affect what kids age 5 and younger think about gender, femininity and masculinity. The ...

The average reader has read their favorite book six times — and anticipates they’ll read it another seven times during their lifetime, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American readers, ...

The Africa Study Bible, a study Bible developed with contributions from African scholars and church leaders, has been ...

As if reading could get any better, scientists have now linked it to a longer life. Using data on 3,635 people over 50, researchers found that people who read for up to three and a half hours a week ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. As classes start back up, it’s time to scout out your favorite place to study on ...

In prose that is spare, deadpan and yet alive, Graeme Macrae Burnet poses intriguing questions about what we choose to call reality, writes Allan Massie This site is ...