Our 10 recommended books for November include a memoir from Margaret Atwood and a new novel from John Irving that revisits a ‘Cider House Rules’ character.

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.

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Mr. Donahue teaches high school English at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut. In her memoir, Dorothy Allison writes, “Two or three things I know for sure and one of them is that telling the ...

Publisher Berkley is releasing the translated novels this year. By Lexy Perez Associate Editor “There wasn’t a demand for the translation in the U.S. at first. But thanks to the success of the series, ...

The Imagination Library of Louisville offers free books to kids under five as part of an effort to improve youth literacy and ...

One the world’s top literary honours, the Booker Prize, is launching a new award to celebrate children’s literature and ...