Books, Arts, and Culture

Over the past 50 or so years, the required reading list in U.S. high schools has had few modifications. Most of the books that students are...

Giant-Size X-Men #1 (written by Len Wein and drawn by Dave Cockrum) is a watershed moment for the team. After several years of nothing but reprints...

My mother died a few days before my 23rd birthday and, after a few weeks of being unable to read anything at all, I decided, in...

If Contagion is The Movie of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Plague is The Novel. Albert Camus’s 1947 book, about an Algerian town that is quarantined after...

I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people were blown away HBO’s Watchmen. The series was destined to be a fan favorite after...

The title of this quiz—Who said it: Fiona Apple or Virginia Woolf?—says it all! Find out how well you know both feminist powerhouses by deciding if...

In the era of social media, readers have more access to their favorite authors than ever. Reading an author’s personal thoughts can be really cool, especially...

There’s a new bundle of joy coming into your life, and before baby arrives, one of the first things you’ll do is create their perfect new...

Cinder meets Shatter Me in this “immersive and captivating” (Booklist) fantasy about a poor girl who must become the body double of a princess of a...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web is sponsored by “Judeah Reynolds is going to tell her own...