What We Read, and Why is for anyone who has wondered how to make sense of our bewildering, fast-changing world.

How do we cope with the welter of information all around us?

How do we tell fact from fiction, given the proliferation of misleading or fake news, videos, and content?

The answer is simple: we must read and develop our ability to think critically. In this book, we will read from people who do so. In personal essays, business, political, media and community leaders, as well as parents, teachers and students who share what they read, and why — to learn and know, to grow, to go places, to feel and give, but most of all, to live!