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Reader’s Digest Picks the Best Summer Reading for 2013

From serious literature to serious fun, our books editor Dawn Raffel selects the summer's hottest page-turners.

Study: Why Your Brain Remembers Facebook Posts More Than Real Books

The closer something is to natural speech, the better we remember it. Dude.

The Best Books to Give as Graduation Gifts

We'll always love "Oh, the Places You'll Go!," but these thoughtful, inspiring graduation gifts will be read and reread, long after the pomp and circumstance has ended.

Funny: How These Famous Shakespeare Quotes Would Be Written Today

You speak an infinite deal of nothing. Like, really.

Mark Bittman’s New Book Makes Vegan Easy

A few months ago, I wrote 11 Convincing Reasons Eating Vegan Isn’t Crazy. I knew all the white lab-coated researchers, respected authors and peaceable rabble-rousers were…

Snake Pictures That Are Scary and Beautiful at the Same Time

Though the slithering critters might creep you out, these artistic snake pictures are incredibly cool. For his new book Serpentine, photographer Mark Laita snapped pictures of snakes looking surreal, twisted, and unnaturally gorgeous.

20 Reasons You’re Happy You Don’t Live in Winterfell

Sometimes the Game of Thrones life looks awesome: the castle, the feasts, the silk dresses and the gold (assuming you keep your hand, of course). But despite the medieval glam, here's why living in Winterfell wouldn't be all that peachy.

14 Books You Really Should Have Read By Now

Seeing the movie doesn't count! If you skimmed these in school, take a closer, grownup look with our books editor Dawn Raffel.

Oh, the Tweets He Would Tweet: If Dr. Seuss Had the Internets

If the Doctor were still around, we suspect he'd be spending his day like any one of us would: through an interminable flow of social media updates. Here's how that might go down.

A Book We Love (And You Should Read) Earns a Well-Deserved Nomination

We said it back in our July/August issue when we ran a big excerpt in our pages: Kristen Iversen’s Full Body Burden, about nuclear contamination at Rocky…