1 day ago · Reading Is a Vice Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.

2 days ago · Beginning with a counter-intuitive think piece. The Atlantic, Adam Kirsch, 2 Jan 2026: Reading Is a Vice, subtitled “Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world …

Over the past decade, American students’ reading abilities have plummeted, and their reading habits have followed suit. In 2023, just 14 percent of 13-year-olds read for fun almost every …

2 days ago · Reading Is a ViceIf you read a book in 2025—just one book—you belong to an endangered species. Like honeybees and red wolves, the population of American readers, …

2 days ago · The International Publishers Association spent the past year promoting the slogan "Democracy depends on reading," but Atlantic senior editor Adam Kirsch argues that this …

2 days ago · The International Publishers Association spent the past year promoting the slogan "Democracy depends on reading," but Atlantic senior editor Adam Kirsch argues that this …

Among these the vice of reading is fore most. That reading trash is a vice is generally conceded; but reading per se?the habit of reading?new as it is, already ranks with such seasoned virtues …