Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber Prize finalist

We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worl…

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