and Sujata Massey—TIME presents the most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential mystery and thriller books, in chronological order beginning in the 1800s This project is led by Lucy ...

That was and remains the ­standard view among highbrows: ­children’s books are kids’ stuff ... idealising childhood innocence. And as time went on, you can see children’s writing getting ...

Irresistible picks for readers of all kinds of romance ... photography by Rachel Stern for TIME.

Katherine Tucker Windham, the greatest storyteller of all time, tells in one of her books of how she embarrassed her parents ...