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He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper.

Barbara Kingsolver’s debut, and a bad seed’s beginnings.

Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so fun to try.

Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.

The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.”

Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai weigh in on 22 of the funniest novels since “Catch-22.”

It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.

She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status.

Having written about an inflection point for the British monarchy, the royals chronicler is at a crossroads in his own career.

Dwight Garner, Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs look back on the books that have stuck with them in 2023.