# Are we living through the end of reading?

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Podcast: [All Things Considered](https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-considered-1709162)
Published: 2026-07-11T21:08:26+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kuow.org/stories/are-we-living-through-the-end-of-reading
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## Resource

People are reading fewer and fewer books. The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch discusses what a post-literate world might look like.

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