Famous Books | Great American Novel

Some of the most beloved movies ever were based on books. But just because we loved them doesn’t mean the original author did. 1. P.L. TRAVERS…

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Surely your goodness…

Leo Tolstoy in later life telling his grandchildren a story. Photograph: World History Archive/Alamy Philip Hensher Geraint Lewis, novelist…

Japan’s ancient history has imbued it with a diverse literary heritage largely ignored by American literati and professors, save for a few notable…

As you might have already heard, it’s Banned Books Week, and booksellers, librarians, and literary critics of all kinds are taking the opportunity…

How many people die with their best work still inside them? We often assume that great things are done by those who were blessed with natural…

The head of the FBI told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday that more than 200 Americans have tried to join Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria…

Nightblind … Ragnar Jonasson’s inspector is shot in a farmhouse at night in remote Iceland. Photograph: Ragnar Th Sigurdsson/Getty Icelandic…

AP In an upset that Bob Kravitz of WTHR.com calls an upset bigger than Super Bowl , coach Chuck Pagano has reached a deal to remain with the…

The history of African Americans is entwined with the legacy of racial slavery and its vicious, violent heir - segregation, both violations of…

Lu Xun (or Lu Hsun, pronounced Lu Shun ; 1881-1936) has been considered China s greatest modern writer for most of the 20th century. Many of…

This year marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of two great Elizabethan writers: Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. Though William…

One of the most popular interview questions for writers is “what are you reading right now, ” or for the more adventurous, “what are your own…