Reader's Digest Magazine

Pros: Very well written Digest
Cons: None

Readers Digest Magazine has been around for a very long time. My husband began getting this magazine as a gift when we first got married over 18 years ago. His father has given him the gift of a yearly subscription each Christmas. At first, I rarely...

Pros: The stories; Humor; Few ads
Cons: Geared mostly toward older people; Some stories are reprints from other sources

Magazines cover a wide range of topics and interests. Some are informative, some are inspiring, some are complex, and others are simple. One magazine that combines elements from all of these categories is Reader’s Digest, one of America’s most ...

Pros: Humor and living sections
Cons: Emotionally manipulative articles; too conservative

Once again I’ve ended up with a free subscription to a magazine that I would not have picked for myself. When I was a teenager, my parents subscribed to Reader’s Digest and I read every issue. In the intervening years since I left home, I’ve not...

Pros: compact size, variety of well-written articles, quick-read, entertaining, educational, inspirational, humor, photography, family reading
Cons: articles from other sources may have been previously read,

Over 25 million copies of this compact-sized magazine are read all over the world. It is filled with the best current articles from highly respected sources. Some features are excerpts from current popular nonfiction books like SURVIIVING GALERAS,...

Pros: good light reading material, variety, humor
Cons: definitely has a conservative slant

I believe that certain magazines are icons of American culture. They have been around forever, and just about everyone has read them at one point in their life. Reader’s Digest is probably the best example.

I can’t remember a time...

Pros: A winning combination of "best" reprints and fun fillers.
Cons: If you read too much, you'll find you've read some of the pieces.

I always loved “Reader’s Digest,” except the day it came in and Poppaw read it cover to cover in the only bathroom at the old farm house he built and where he raised my mom and her five siblings. Poppaw also read the Bible cover to cover and in various ...

Pros: Variety, simplicity, general appeal...
Cons: Simplicity and lack of detail...

Although the Reader’s Digest has often been the butt of many of my less tasteful café jokes, I am not the slightest bit reluctant to say that a copy of this magazine slides through my letterbox each month without fail – and each month I read a ...

Pros: Monthly, familiar, wholesome, challenging reading

Cons: Lots of ads

Reader's Digest Magazine"An article a day of enduring value" old bylineThis magazine has been a fixture in every house I've lived in since I was a kid. The Reader's Digest is a compact, pocket-sized (for those of you ...

Pros: everything.
Cons: I finish it too fast. I need a weekly version.

Reader's Digest is, for me at least the comfort food of magazines. It's the magazine I grew up with and that's always good to go back and read. Imagine my delight when I found out my boss subscribed to the magazine. Imagine my tears when I saw he got...

Pros: Sections for everyone in your family, $2 for 200+ pages of great reading
Cons: My daughter steals it when it arrives

Reader's Digest is one magazine that my entire family has read and passed on for as long as I remember.

Of course everyone has their favorite sections of the Digest. My personal favorite is All in a Day's Work. These are...

Pros: Great humor columns, positive outlook in articles, some interesting subjects
Cons: In trying to be diverse, RD lacks depth and an annual subscription is pretty expensive.

Growing up, every time I visited my grandmother’s house I took the opportunity to steal Reader’s Digest and eagerly devour it. (It was always in the bathroom, for some reason.) I was pretty young and I don’t think I read too many of the articles ...

Pros: Familiar columns with updated looks and some topical articles...
Cons: ...that was never a trend-setter and never will be.

You know this tiny magazine from yellowed copies in your dentist's waiting room and clippings your mother sent right after you moved into your first place. One of America's most storied and influential brand name consumer magazines, Reader's ...

Pros: interesting articles
Cons: somewhat costly

I like to read, but very seldom actually subscribe to a magazine because of the cost. Most of my family subscribes to Readers Digest and other monthly magazines, so they pass them through the family to save money. Recently, my sister in law gave me...

Pros: Uplifting stories, lots of humor, skims the surface on some issues
Cons: Some stories are too condensed and short

Some of us are old enough to remember Reader's Digest back when it was a little larger and covered in pastel. The topics and page numbers were listed in the front.

Fast forward to today's Reader's Digest and you'll find a magazine that's...

Pros: Fantastic True Stories That'll Make The Toughest Guys Whimper!
Cons: Not A Darn One!