News of note for readers: January 2, 2026

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!  

• Samantha Ellis takes on yet another interpretation or declaration that Wuthering Heights — soon to be in movie theaters again — is a great love story (The Guardian). 

• You won't be cheered up by the statistics on Americans' reading habits in 2025, but you can at least learn a lot about them (The Surveyor).