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When Books Hit Too Close to Home

On that thing that happens when a book reads your mail.

My Bookish Mix Tape

A mix tape of songs inspired by books.

Reading the Right Book at the Right (Or Wrong) Time

O the timing of choosing a book.

The Best Cars of American Fiction

Let's get behind the wheel.

February Book Adaptation News!

Book adaptation news including Sex Criminals, Station Eleven, The Psychopath Test, and more

Confessions of a Once-Tyrannical English Teacher

What happened when one English Teacher let his students choose what books to read after years of toughing out assigned readings.

Literary Tourism: A Book Lover’s Guide to Road Tripping Up California’s Coast

Touring California by way of its naturalist writer haunts.

5 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speeches From Some Literary Giants

In recent weeks, we’ve posted video guides to authors like William Faulkner and Seamus Heaney, which included their Nobel Prize ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in September

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

A Compendium of Literary References on The Simpsons: Season 1

If you asked me to name the most literate / literary sitcom of all time, I would have to begin ...