The Norwegian writer is known for his sprawling, brutally candid autofiction and speculative epics. Here’s where to start.

From fiction to poetry, nonfiction to comics, picture books to YA, there's something for every reader to curl up with while ...

Francis grew up surrounded by the words of Yeats, Kavanagh, Heaney and Muldoon, hence the rhythm behind the words working ...

This time of year is usually full of promise and good intentions. But when global unrest of various kinds starts to seem like ...

Emotions and scents can create unforgettable moments. Neuroscience shows that both personal experiences and social memories ...

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...

The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.

From sacred literary texts to expensive bookends, these eight novels expose a fascinating truth about how dramatically our ...

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 ...

The New Deal, George Selgin suggests, did not work the way most historians claim. This economist’s eye-opening analysis shows that the increased government centralization of the 1930s rarely resulted ...