Reader's Digest

In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.

Friends First

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE June ISSUE

Stepping Up to the Plate • A longtime baseball card collector seizes the opportunity to do good after a destructive wildfire

Kindness, Delivered

LIFE • IN THESE United States

Boost Your Energy • Do you feel pooped all day? The solution might not be to get more sleep.

BOOST YOUR ENERGY IN A MINUTE OR LESS

YOUR TRUE STORIES • IN 100 Words*

A New Reason to Smile

WHERE, OH WHERE? • An RD PHOTO QUIZ

What Your Amazon Driver Wants You to Know

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Friends in High Places • How a surprise adventure turned into the story of a lifetime for two Supreme Court justices—and me

Pony Miracles

LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine

What It’s Like to Be in a Coma • The twilight zone between life and death is a mystery that doctors can solve

There Is an “Eye” in Skin Cancer

The Autumn Blues

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

We Game to Please

BRAIN GAMES THAT REALLY WORK • Researchers know more than ever about how puzzles and twisters keep your mind sharp. (Hint: Start with games that are tough!)

Reunited With Her Rescuers • Thirty-five years after two fishermen plucked a young girl from the Pacific Ocean, a podcast leads to a remarkable reunion

IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORD • We certainly live in strange times. Rather than despair, let’s focus on stories that are so crazy we have no choice but to shake our heads and laugh.

My Autism Diagnosis, at Age 46 • I had always felt “different.” When I finally learned why, I felt relieved, happy, and—at last—whole.

All in a Day’s WORK

A THOUSAND STINGS • Swarmed by killer bees, their toxins coursing through his bloodstream, a rock climber passes out on a ledge 130 feet up. Can his buddy reach him in time?

HUMOR in UNIFORM

FINDING MY FUNNY • A comedian learns that the best stand-up is the kind you do for yourself

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER

ANSWERS

PHOTO FINISH • YOUR Funniest CAPTIONS