A woman browsing a book. Photo from Unsplash.com Introduction: A Lost Art in Storytelling You used to fall in love with books—completely, deeply, as if each novel opened an unseen world of thought and feeling. You looked forward to stories that would stay with you, shaping your understanding of human nature, emotions, and intellectual ideas. But something has changed. Modern books feel different, shallower. You pick up a highly recommended novel, expecting something profound,
