Can books be bad for you? Only if you’re a ‘bad reader’ like Don Quixote

Can books be bad for you? Only if you’re a ‘bad reader’ like Don Quixote

An illustration from an edition of Don Quixote where the eponymous protagonist goes mad from reading. Wikimedia, CC BYBooks as a backdrop in a portrait or an interview lend gravitas. They stand for literacy, for education, for a way to open the mind, develop the imagination and get on in life. But not all books are considered to convey such benefits. Opinions about which books are worthy and which are not have dogged fiction. Which are frivolous…

Although books are our guide to the world and fantasy, and through them we can feel a variety of emotions, the term “bibliotherapy” was first used, according to available information, in a 1916 satirical article published in The Atlantic Monthly. “A book can be invigorating or soothing, irritating or soporific. The point is that they have to do something about you, and you should know what it is,” Dr. Bagster, who discussed the therapeutic value…