Almost every protagonist in literature is lonely. Charlotte Brontë's character Jane Eyre (in the novel Jane Eyre), Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet (in Pride and Prejudice), Charles Dickens’ Pip (in ...

The cravenness of intellectual elites is one of America’s saving graces. They may self-righteously advance incendiary ideas about race, gender, politics, ...

“The Road” is not a happy story. Amid the violence and the starvation, Father does his best to give Son the best life he can. He teaches Son what it means to be a “good guy” or a “bad guy.” He does ...

Caring for the leveret opens Ms Dalton’s eyes to the natural world—as wild animals do for other authors of similar books. The ...

One of the major challenges that faces any huge series of novels like the Reacher books is staying fresh, after all. Given that every book has a similar template (Reacher arrives in a nowhere town, ...

“The Fountainhead” is a compelling literary work, providing dimensional commentary on mass conformism and the contrasting radical individualism. It is certainly worth reading for anyone interested in ...

Him: 'This is incredibly exciting. I've been in a head spin, but I'm old enough to know now how to ground myself.' ...

The book ban was part of a broader “Don’t Say Gay” law passed in Iowa, Senate File 496. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed S.F. 496 ...

I must have tried it three times and never got even halfway through. Something about the format of diaries and letters just ...

On the popular bookworm-filled r/books subreddit, u/myawn asked readers to share a well-regarded book they struggled to finish. Here are some answers that will either have you stunned or relieved ...

Other Texas bills would require display of the Ten Commandments and allow for prayer time in the classroom.

As David Sheff’s new biography reveals, decades of suspicion aimed at the provocative artist, musician and widow have ...