So, what do they read? Rather handily, we've discovered this infographic of the top 10 most read books in the world over the past 50 years. At the bottom of the list is The Diary of Anne Frank ...

All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman upends her domestic life in this irreverent and tender novel. 9.

November can be an ideal month for thought and reflection. Maybe it’s the longer nights; maybe it’s the fact that another ...

The African town of Chinguetti is home to a large collection of forgotten ancient books. As the world goes digital, paper might seem increasingly obsolete – but it is anything but. In the ...

Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising new titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider in November.

The Witcher has many unique qualities that make it unlike any fantasy book series, but there are some great novels that come ...

Le Guin packs powerful themes into her entertaining books. Any is worth picking up to be transported into a different world that will make you think and feel deeply. Le Guin wrote more than 100 ...

The African town of Chinguetti is home to a large collection of forgotten ancient books. As the world goes digital, paper might seem increasingly obsolete – but it is anything but. In the ...

By the time McCall Smith had a couple of sequels under his belt, the rest of the world had begun to show an interest. His books became word-of-mouth bestsellers, garnering international acclaim and ...

You might have seen it in the news recently – a school district in the US state of Tennessee recently banned a graphic novel called Maus. Written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman, the 1986 ...

Naturally—even as solipsistic as I am—I soon realised that changing me isn’t quite the same as changing the world. And while it’s no small thing that books change the inner lives of their readers, ...