In The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, Alan Jacob makes a lighthearted — and inspiring — case for reading at whim, without shame and for pleasure.

1. A Christmas Carol. The easiest Dickens novel to read first is also his most enduring: A Christmas Carol. It tells the story of a bitter old man who’s visited by ghosts of Christmas past ...

The Easy Way Out by Stephen McCauley: One of Pearl's top-ten favorite books, The Easy Way Out is a tender and humorous novel about dysfunctional lovers and families.. Gossip Hound by Wendy Holden ...

The world's most notoriously difficult-to-read novel, "Ulysses" by James Joyce, is really an easy read at its heart, according to the Joyce Scholar-In-Residence at the University at Buffalo. "For all ...

I forgot what it was like to read Easy Rawlins books. It’s been years, at least four installments ago, since I visited this slice of South Central Los Angeles. There’s a throbbing of the brain ...

With less than two weeks left in 2024, I have compiled a list of holiday novellas under 250 pages to not only help me reach my reading goal for the year but also to get me in the holiday spirit.

As for his business books, they read more like fiction -- because they are. Mr. Lencioni expounds theories of teamwork and leadership through easy-to-read novellas like "Death by Meeting," where a ...

Some of his works are more famous than others, so for Easiest Dickens Novel To Read First we chose from his most notable novels. If you’re more of a sci-fi reader, you may want to check 8 Best ...