With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

“We do one book after state testing, and we did ‘The Great Gatsby.’ … A lot of kids had not read a novel in class before.” — Laura Henry, 10th-grade English teacher near Houston “My son in 9th grade ...

Miriam Toews’ first book of nonfiction in more than 20 years begins with a fictionalized premise: she is asked, in advance of a literary festival in Mexico, to consider the question, “Why do you write ...

Buckeye is an historical novel set, as its title indicates, in Ohio. Stretching from pre-World War II to the close of the 20th century, the story focuses on two married couples whose lives intersect.

Correction: This story has been updated to correct a misspelling of Erin Kodicek's name. Get ready to get your tissues out – Amazon’s best books of the year list is full of heartfelt weepers that will ...

It began with Benjamin Franklin, who couldn’t stop working—or writing about work—throughout his 84-year-long life. Franklin set the stage for thousands of subsequent writers who produced novels, ...

Melanie Saward works for the University of Queensland, where the BlackWords database is run. She is an Aboriginal writer, and as such, has connections with many of the authors mentioned in this piece.

The Wall Street Journal filed a motion last month to have the suit dismissed. Lawyers for President Donald Trump are asking a federal judge in Florida to deny a request by the Wall Street Journal and ...

Ruth Ware’s bestselling thriller The Woman in Cabin 10 has finally made the leap from page to screen, with Keira Knightley leading Netflix’s glossy adaptation. Directed by Simon Stone, the film brings ...