Book Therapy

What can books do for us? Is reading useful? Is it therapeutic? Can it make us happy? Can it provide us with the spiritual resources necessary to shield ourselves from adversity? Can literature be prescribed? Does it benefit both body and soul? Science increasingly acknowledges the benefits of books. Studies show that the effects of reading can be equated with those of meditation and medicine. Readers sleep better, they experience lower levels of stress and depression and have higher self-esteem