“The world is not in your books and maps. It’s out there.” — The Hobbit Books have always been a way to see more of the world. They let us travel through other people’s stories, see life from different angles,...

“Sit in a room and read–and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. This realization of life...