Where were you on September 11th, 2001? Like the assassination of John F. Kennedy was for a previous generation, it’s a landmark day in our shared history. I was a couple weeks into my freshman year of college and just getting ...

There are some excellent non-fiction books out there to help you create the perfect resume, ace an interview, and put your best foot forward. Some are classics, tried and true, while others focus on the edgiest trends for 21st ...

There is a particular art and pleasure to rereading – a fact agreed upon by many of the authors and critics I’ve consulted recently. Dip into the books-about-books genre and you’ll discover that authors almost invariably exhort...

Best books and bestsellers Every reader will, at some point, have to decide how to deal with the inevitable guilt that comes from contemplating everything not yet read: all the canonical classics, all the top sellers, all the b...

What makes the difference between those books you just can’t tear yourself away from, and the ones that take a lot of time and determination to finish? “It was a real page-turner…I just couldn’t put it down…it kept me up long p...

The history of bibliotherapy Over the past weeks I’ve been looking at how reading can be a means of pleasure, education, and self-development. But I also happen to believe – and I’m not the only one, not by a long shot – that a...

What makes the classics so ‘classic,’ and why should modern readers still seek to experience them? Nothing to be frightened of As Arnold Bennett reflected, it is easy to feel daunted when approaching the literary canon – “The a...