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.

Hacks of Terror

LETTERS • NOTES ON THE March ISSUE

That’s What We Call Nice!

The Party of Their Lives • A couple turns their loss into a celebration for kids who need everything

“I Got Him!”

LIFE • IN THESE United States

GEE, THANKS, MOM

My Dad and I, Rebuilt • Working on a home repair project with my father showed me I had more to learn about him than I thought

QUOTABLE QUOTES

WE FOUND A FIX • 9 TRICKS TO Improve Your Life*

All in a Day’s WORK

WHAT’S THE 411 ON THESE 911 CALLS? • Not all emergency calls to the police are real emergencies.

YOUR TRUE STORIES • IN 100 Words

Feel Happier Today • A popular Yale University course, now available for free online, is chock-full of valuable life lessons

A Crash Course in Commencement Speeches

Humor in UNIFORM

Silky Smooth and Ready for Any Stage

PERFECT BEURRE BLANC

Mackinac Island’s STONE SKIPPING TOURNAMENT

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Guardian Angel

HOW THE INTERNET IS SPYING ON YOU • YOU KNOW MARKETERS FOLLOW YOU ALL AROUND THE INTERNET, BUT YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN WHO—OR WHAT—ELSE IS KEEPING TABS ON YOUR EVERY MOVE

He Cured His Own Disease • A medical student battling a deadly disorder finally got a lifeline—from his own research. Plus: Two more stories of innovative men who worked miracles.

He Fixed His Own Heart

He Created an Eye-Saving App

MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS THEY WILL NEVER FORGET • For many moms, a card or some flowers are perfect. These two unusual women demand something, um, special.

Mama, This Story Is for You

A Hymn to End All Hymns

Mother’s Day Memories from the RD Inner Circle

JUUL HOOKS A NEW GENERATION

NICOTINE IS AN OLD RD FOE

LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine

“I Didn’t Know How Long I’d Survive” • With his leg caught in the sharp, whirling teeth of a gigantic corn conveyor and no one around to hear his screams, this farmer grabbed his pocketknife and did the unthinkable

STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES’ MOUTHS • A Kentucky Derby tell-all, from those who ran it!

SURFING for BRAINPOWER • How to avoid being clickbaited by your own brain

BRAIN GAMES

WORD POWER • At first glance, this month’s words might not seem like birds of a feather. But each has an animal name (or two!) nested inside, the way menagerie contains nag. So make a beeline to the quiz, try to spot the critters, then vamoose to page 120 for all the answers.

The Canine Islands

PHOTO FINISH • YOUR Funniest CAPTIONS