Your Emotional Reactions to Fiction Say More About You Than You Think
There’s something that happens in book clubs that nobody quite prepares you for. Someone insists that Anna Karenina’s final choice […]
Why Most Books Fail Within Two Weeks – And What Data Says About the Ones That Don’t
The way new hardcovers are stacked close to the entrance, their glossy spines catching the overhead lights, is almost theatrical
Why Shared Reading Creates Stronger Communities Than Most Social Programs Ever Could
There’s a man who was once asked if he would go to a library. After giving it some thought, he
The Hidden Economics of Publishing: Why Most Authors Lose Money Before They Sell a Single Copy
Picture the moment an author finishes a manuscript. There’s probably a coffee mug nearby, a pile of printed pages, the
What Book Editors Actually Do All Day (And It’s Not What You Think)
There’s a cartoon by Sam Gross in The New Yorker — a cat furiously clawing at an upholstered chair while
The Forgotten Brontë Sister Who Actually Said the Quiet Part Loud
There’s something quietly stubborn about Anne Brontë. Her two novels don’t roar the way Wuthering Heights does, and they don’t
The Dying Art of Getting Lost in the Stacks
Around four in the afternoon, when the after-school crowd has not yet arrived and the researchers have already reserved their
How Readers Discover Books in the Digital Age
Walk into any independent bookshop on a Saturday afternoon and there’s a decent chance you’ll overhear it: someone leaning toward
Every Era Gets the Novels It Earns
The literary internet erupts for about a week before moving on to something else when a critic occasionally sits down