There are books that have defined moments in my life, books which have carved out pieces of my heart and ...
George Eliot’s most famous doorstop Middlemarch is getting a lot of love these days. The Paris Review featured a panorama ...
With apologies to my bookselling friend and colleague Stephanie Anderson, who tweets as @Bookavore, this week’s editorial is about how ...
April Fools’ Day is fast approaching, so here’s a look at the knavish wisdom of the Bard’s merriest philosophers. 1. Truth’s ...
The famous novels that are supposed to be good, but not for me.
Do you ever feel like there’s a gap in your reading repertoire? Like you’ve missed some time period or style ...
Everyone has a book they re-read every few years because, as they age and change, so does their experience of ...
This month, the Twitter-based book club #1book140 that The Atlantic hosts is reading David Copperfield. I’ve enjoyed reading along with ...
Not all literary masterworks survive. War, accident, wills: any number of things can get in the way. Here are some ...
Last week, when I posted a few little flowcharts about what YA heroines might do in a crisis, people seemed ...