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
The One Ingredient Every Great Book Club Pick Shares
A book club meets on a Tuesday, wine gets poured, and within fifteen minutes the conversation has already drifted to
The Secret Formula Behind Every Runaway Bestseller
Every so often a book shows up everywhere at once. Quoted poorly in an Instagram caption, on a friend’s nightstand,
Can a Novel Actually Change the World? History Says Yes
Every few years, there is a variation of this debate that is typically started by a musician or tech entrepreneur
What “Successful Author” Actually Means on a Bank Statement
Five-star reviews and book tours don’t matter to a bank statement. All it displays are dates, numbers, and the sporadic
The Novel That Started a Conversation the News Couldn’t
There’s a particular kind of book that doesn’t so much get reviewed as it gets survived by the culture around
Inside the Odd, Ordinary Life That Inspired Reginald Perrin
Imagine a schoolboy traveling from Orpington to Chislehurst on the 8.16 train every morning, seeing the same commuters in the