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Susan Cain predicts that book reading will rebound as a reaction to screen fatigue, with her own return to reading as a potential indicator of broader trend.

On In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · unverified speaker · In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen · Aug 5, 2026

I'm back to books again. And I think it is a kind of just reaction, you know, to, to everything being screens. And so I'm hoping that I'm a kind of human barometer here, and I'm not the only one.

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