The United States has a long history of book banning, and it’s not only picking up steam—it’s also becoming more problematic ...

Books have always possessed an unsettling power to challenge authority, reshape minds, and ignite revolutions. Throughout history, governments, religious institutions, and moral guardians have tried ...

Reader in 18th-century Literature and Director of Queen Mary Centre for Religion and Literature, Queen Mary University of London Reading is very subjective, but one thing most book lovers can agree on ...

This year, for the first time since 2015, I’m not doing a “best graphic novels of the year” list. There are too many great works out there to read, too many ways to evaluate how they are “best,” and ...

It wouldn’t be mid-to-late December without a series of “best of” articles coming out from every outlet that covers culture—and who am I to buck that trend? I get to read dozens of books every year ...

I’m a stand-up comedian. Not a book critic. I don’t want to be a book critic. And writing about books is really fucking hard. I don’t want to recap the plots or write shit like “languorous prose.” I ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

History has not graced us with many details about Shakespeare as a person, but we do know that he and his wife had three children, including a son named Hamnet who died at the age of 11 in 1596, four ...

A quarter of a century ago, when Stewart O’Nan first started writing about old Emily Maxwell, I couldn’t be bothered to turn down the radio. But over the years, I’ve come to cherish his tender care ...

This year’s breakout bestseller was written in a bedroom closet. The success of “The Correspondent,” a debut novel by Virginia Evans that tells the story of Sybil Van Antwerp, a 70-something Maryland ...