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Books and Movies to Sustain an Attention Span

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This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.

In 2022, my colleague Megan Garber reflected on the transactional side of attention. “Far too often, I find myself mindlessly twitch-clicking on an enticing headline, and then reading, and then regretting,” she wrote. “I pay my attention; I instantly wish for a refund.” Attention is too easy to give up, and it’s hard to get when you really want it—maybe you’re trying to get some work done but your kids are running around, or the habit of social-media scrolling makes it feel impossible to simply sit down with a book.

Immersion is a luxury: When a person feels truly engrossed in a project or a piece of art, they come out the other side feeling like they’ve lived a little more life. Today’s newsletter rounds up some books and movies to get lost in—or, if your attention span is hopelessly fleeting, to entertain you in short order.


On Attention

Seven Books That Will Make You Put Down Your Phone

By Bekah Waalkes

These titles self-consciously aim to grab their reader’s attention.

Read the article.

Six Acclaimed Movies With Short Runtimes

By Stephanie Bai

Bring back the 90-minute film.

Read the article.

The Great Fracturing of American Attention

By Megan Garber

Why resisting distraction is one of the foundational challenges of this moment

Read the article.


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P.S.

Courtesy of Kevin Fraser

I recently asked readers to share a photo of something that sparks their sense of awe in the world. “After playing a round of golf” in Colorado, Kevin Fraser, 62, writes, “me and my golfing buddies were enjoying a beer when I noticed the entire room had taken on” an orange glow. “I turned around and saw this beautiful sunset.”

I’ll continue to feature your responses in the coming weeks.

— Isabel




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