Books are influential. They have the power to make you cry, dream, escape reality and catapult you on new adventures. Books also have the magical ability to bring on smiles and laughs when they’re ...

The author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series shares a handful of titles that have helped shape his sense of humor.

January is the month for people to take stock of their habits and routines – and two new books offer unconventional ...

Scholastic research shows that humor in books is the top characteristic kids look for when making their reading selections. According to the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report, more than 50 ...

NPR's Sacha Pfieffer speaks to comedian Chris Duffy about his new book, "Humor Me." In it, he explores how laughing can be therapeutic and argues that humor can be taught, lost and regained.

I am concerned about how my book club scheduled for next Thursday at the time of this writing is going to go. Given that I’ve been telling people what to read for better than a decade in these pages, ...

Kara Kinney Cartwright. Photograph courtesy of Teri Rizvi. After losing her husband of 28 years to an aggressive form of cancer, Kara Kinney Cartwright, a legal writer who lives in North Potomac, ...