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Reader's Digest US
The Christmas Tree Mystery
Who decorated the big pine along a remote stretch of Montana highway?
4 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
ALL in a Day's WORK
At the start of her kindergarten class, my friend told her students, “I think we'll be inside at recess today, because it was raining on my way to work.”
2 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
ROCK BOTTOM
A HIKER SOMEHOW SURVIVED BEING PINNED IN A CREEK UNDER A 700-POUND BOULDER. THEN THE WATER STARTED TO RISE.
10+ min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
THE BEST MONEY I EVER SPENT
Deep Pockets
5 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
Norman the Camel
WE ADDED NORMAN to the menagerie—Clydesdales, cows, emus, peacocks and more—on our 50-acre farm five years ago.
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
LAUGHTER
THE BEST Medicine
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
The Story Behind Our Stories
I’m so grateful to Derek Burnett for explaining how Reader’s Digest edits and fact-checks its stories (August/September). It’s frightening that much of the information online comes from underqualified and often unpaid sources. But it feels good to read the magazine with confidence, knowing your focus is to maintain our trust in you. You have done so. —GEORGIA KAY MCCARTNEY Urbana, IL
3 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
Our Best Worst Christmas Idea Ever ...
... had four legs and a wagging tail—a puppy!
4 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
Kindred Spirits
RECORD HIGH 49% of drinking-age Americans tried to cut out or cut back on alcohol this year. As more of us stay \"dry\" well past January, more bars and restaurants are offering alcohol-free cocktails (also called mocktails).
1 min |
December 2025 / January 2026
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from PERU AMATEUR CIRCUS
THE CLOWNERY STARTS on the sidewalk, even before you enter the big top. Crowds who show up to see the Peru Amateur Circus in Peru, Indiana, known as America's circus city, are greeted by merrymakers with silly jokes and swirly rainbow suckers. The smell of buttery popcorn fills the air; roaring trumpets fill the ears. Flossy cotton candy melts on the tongue. The circus is about to begin!
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
LIFE
IN THESE United States
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
The GREAT ALASKA TURKEY BOMB
A woman takes to the skies to make sure people in remote areas aren't forgotten for the holidays
5 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from MEDINA Ohio
IN OCTOBER 2024, Western North Carolina lay battered and sodden from the howling winds and relentless rain of Hurricane Helene. Meanwhile, 500 miles north, in Medina, Ohio, a group of guardian angels started planning a surprise.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Give Yourself a Pep Talk
We get plenty of support for big occasions, but what about everyday moments when we need to rally?
5 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from ASHEVILLE North Carolina
AND THE TOP HONOR GOES TO ...
10+ min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
THE CRYPTO SCAM THAT SNARED A SMALL TOWN
How did a successful banker gamble his community's money away?
10+ min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
WORLD OF MEDICINE
BUILD MUSCLES FOR BETTER SLEEP
2 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
A Navy SEAL's SECRETS to a Lasting Marriage
I trained to avoid friendly fire. That helped at home too.
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
The Long-Lost Letterman Jacket
And a surprise reunion after almost 30 years
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
The Angel of Indian Rocks
A once-in-a-lifetime flood didn't stop a man on a paddleboard from rescuing his neighbors
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
GAME ON
BET YOU CAN'T name 800 board games.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Cinder the Hardware Cat
THE MOST BELOVED fixture at our hardware store isn't a tool or piece of equipment—it's our cat, Cinder.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from SEMICOLON BOOKS Chicago, Illinois
LESLIE SHOGREN wanted to go to Semicolon Books in Chicago to celebrate her birthday, so she packed up her husband and four sons and came in from the suburbs.
4 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
"He Is God's Problem Now"
A son bids farewell to his father with a fittingly irreverent obituary
5 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
TWO HORRIFIC ATTACKS ... ONE FOREVER LOVE STORY
He survived multiple shark bites. She was hit in the Boston Marathon bombing. Then they found each other.
8 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Nicest of the Nice
FORGET CHRISTMAS (at least for now) because around here, this is the nicest time of the year.
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Roofman
Starring Channing Tatum
1 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
“Take the Desk Job, Wesley”
A young man with the ability to jump back in time gets a second chance to save his best friend's life
3 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
SMALL CHANGES BIG RESULTS
Who needs an overhaul? You can get healthier, happier, more fit, better rested ... one step at a time.
8 min |
October / November 2025
Reader's Digest US
Greetings from MONROE Lousisana
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO leave a place to find out how nice it is. That's what happened to Lindsey Braddock of Monroe, Louisiana.
4 min |