Shortly before the 40th anniversary of the Argentine writer’s death, a new book explores a course he taught in 1966 ...

Historian Peter Mancall says New English Canaan is “not very long” and “not very well written,” but holds immense value in what it says about the nation’s founding. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Confession: I never read “The Grapes of Wrath.” Not until now. Most people are forced to read it in high school. It was taught in American Tradition, “AmTrad” we called it. I scorned the plebe English ...

The growth of English-language book sales in continental Europe is on the rise, fueled by interest generated on TikTok and fed in large part by Amazon. This has been cutting into local sales in some ...

Charlie English begins “The CIA Book Club” by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything. A book that practically begs you to put it back on the shelf and move on.

New book claims Shakespeare was actually Emilia Bassano, a dark-skinned Jewish woman poet. Author argues the famous ...

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"It's a beautiful love letter to nature," Witherspoon said of the milestone pick, Margaret Renkl's "The Comfort of Crows" Taylor Hill/Getty; Spiegel & Grau Reese Witherspoon is honoring an important ...