All our articles on reading & learning.
Who reads the most in Europe? Harmonized Eurostat data gives a clear ranking, and national surveys fill in the picture country by country. Here is where France, Italy, Spain and Germany stand.
Read more →Testing yourself instead of rereading: active recall is the most solid method for remembering what you learn. Here is how it works and how to apply it to reading.
Read more →October is the month September resolutions die, and the best reading month of the year. Ten books to stay on course, organized by five needs of the moment.
Read more →You finish a book full of enthusiasm, and two weeks later nothing remains. Here is how to turn your reading into concrete action, in five steps.
Read more →Blinkist and getAbstract are the two veterans of the book summary market. Here is an honest side-by-side look at their libraries, languages, formats and prices, and a third option worth knowing.
Read more →August is the best reading month of the year: time on your hands, and one eye already on September. Here are 8 books to end the summer well, each with a 5-minute summary.
Read more →A giant premium business library, or concise, affordable summaries for everyone? We compare Cobalt and getAbstract.
Read more →Deepstash and its idea cards versus Cobalt and its structured summaries: two visions of fast learning. Here is what separates them and how to choose.
Read more →September is the real new year: the best time to build new habits. Here are 10 books from our library, sorted by back-to-school goal, with two concrete ideas per book and a simple challenge for September: one summary a day.
Read more →A 300-page novel takes 5 to 7 hours at average speed. Here is the real reading time depending on book length, your speed and your daily routine, table included.
Read more →19 minutes of reading a day versus 3 hours 11 minutes of screens: the French CNL/Ipsos study from April 2024 paints a worrying picture of reading among 7-19 year olds. But behind the averages, there are encouraging signals. Here are the numbers, and what to do with them.
Read more →Broken nights, fragmented time, fatigue: reading is often the first casualty when a child arrives. Here is a realistic method to keep reading as a new parent: micro-sessions, concrete time slots, the phone as an ally and summaries when 300 pages are out of reach.
Read more →An average of 18 books a year, 31 minutes of daily reading, a record number of French people who say they read less and less: here is what the official data really says about reading in France.
Read more →French people spend six times more time in front of screens than with a book, and 16-19 year olds read 12 minutes a day. A dive into the official figures of a widening imbalance.
Read more →Lack of time is the number one barrier to reading for 68% of French people. Yet the same studies show the desire to read remains intact. Official figures and practical solutions.
Read more →Remembering your lectures, studying without ending up on your phone, beating procrastination, surviving a failed semester: the best books for students are not novels, they are toolboxes. Here is our selection, sorted by problem, with free summaries.
Read more →Blinkist free, free book summaries: the offers exist, but they are designed as loss leaders. Here is what they really allow, what subscriptions unlock, and how to decide without getting it wrong.
Read more →Blinkist, Shortform, Headway, Koober, Cobalt: five book summary apps, five very different philosophies. Here is a transparent comparison, with each app's real strengths and the reader profile it suits best.
Read more →Blinkist is an excellent app, but its catalog remains overwhelmingly in English. Koober, getAbstract, Cobalt: here are the real alternatives for reading book summaries in French in 2026, compared criterion by criterion.
Read more →Koober and Cobalt are the two names that come up when you look for a French-language book summary app. Catalogue, formats, adjustable length, pricing: an honest comparison, published in full transparency on the Cobalt blog.
Read more →The definitive guide to the best nonfiction books of all time, organized by theme, each with its author, year and single most powerful takeaway.
Read more →Full reading, audiobooks or summaries: which format truly helps you remember what you read? Here is what memory science really says.
Read more →Beach, train or hammock, summer is the perfect time to finally read. Here's our pick of the best books to read this summer 2026, self-improvement, psychology, business and inspiring stories, to devour in full or in summary.
Read more →Blinkist or Cobalt? We compare both book summary apps honestly, languages, format, library, pricing, to help you pick the one that will actually get you reading more.
Read more →Bill Gates reads about 50 books a year and Warren Buffett spends up to 80% of his day reading. Here are 10 concrete habits to turn reading into a daily reflex and crush your 2026 reading challenge.
Read more →A good summary isn't a lazy shortcut: it's a way to explore more topics, faster, without sacrificing the depth that really matters.
Read more →Reading speed says nothing about what you take away. What matters is how you engage with the text.
Read more →Reading a lot isn't useful. Reading regularly, is. Here's a realistic method to transform your relationship with reading over a year.
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