The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

A popular theme in fantasy, romance, and even mystery genres is that of a narrative centered around books. Literature is ...

I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, Alice Walker and others were cultural ...

Oprah’s latest pick is bestselling author Ann Packer’s first novel in over a decade. It is a heavy read about a woman’s dying wish that is devastating for her husband.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Actresses Irene Maiorino and Alba Caterina Rohrwacher on the television series "My Brilliant Friend," based on a novel by Elena ...

This summer, we asked you to tell us about the books you read in high school that profoundly affected you. It turns out you had a lot to share. More than 1,100 of you wrote back to tell us about the ...