The creation of this article included the use of AI and was edited by human content creators. Read more on our AI policy here. In the busy modern age, book lovers face the same dilemma time and time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reading and listening are two different brain functions. Do we need to do both? Goads Agency/E+ via Getty Images Let’s start with ...

One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes — does listening to an audiobook count as reading? (This story originally aired on July 7 on All Things Considered.) You know, we ...

The rumors are true: Spotify launches Page Match to enable users to seamlessly switch between audio and physical book formats ...

Ask me what I’m reading at any given moment and I’ll probably rattle off at least three titles, not to mention comics and the occasional textbook I may also be chipping away at in the background.

It’s an opinion that book lovers often share online: Audiobooks don’t “count” as reading. “Real” readers don’t read audiobooks. You shouldn’t include audiobooks in the tally of books you’ve read in a ...

As an avid reader – and an author, too – I’m disheartened by frequent reports of a decline in reading for pleasure among young people. So when a friend recently asked me whether her daughter was ...

Mr. Bannon is the chief librarian at the New York Public Library, where he is also director of branch libraries and education. Nov. 23, 2025 As a librarian, I get a lot of questions. One I am hearing ...

On the joys of having stories in my ears — and yes, listening counts. Credit...By Georgie Mcausland Supported by By Elisabeth Egan It started with “Red Comet,” an 1,118-page biography of Sylvia Plath, ...

We cover a lot of debates on this program about policy, ethics, the law. Well, here's another one that draws strong opinions. Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? Andrew Limbong, host of ...