10 great books that Fast Company staff want you to read this year

It’s time to reckon with the reality that nonstop doomscrolling has delivered us: a hard-to-ignore erosion of our cognitive skills. We’ve lost the ability to focus on words for long stretches of time . . . er, read books.  Years of turning everything worth consuming into “content” that’s been “optimized” for attention has turned our brains into mush, shoved our mental health into freeContinueContinue reading “10 great books that Fast Company staff want you to read this year”

Barnes & Noble opened 67 bookstores in 2025, a recent record. Now it’s plotting another year of expansion

Barnes & Noble is on a roll, and it’s not slowing down in 2026. The bookstore has confirmed plans to open 60 new locations across the country in 2026. For Barnes & Noble, the move is part of a major comeback that’s been years in the works. After the company saw a sales peak inContinueContinue reading “Barnes & Noble opened 67 bookstores in 2025, a recent record. Now it’s plotting another year of expansion”

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