Genres

You may have already discovered that stories of "everyman" often become the greatest classics of all time. But, the publishing history of those stories isn't always easy or...

Against a backdrop of the infamous Industrial Revolution, with all its purported social and cultural advancements, the masses of poor and unrepresented factory workers found mostly hard times:...

Santa's Husband, by Daniel Kibblesmith, hasn't even been published yet, but it's already causing a stir. Kibblesmith is a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

Jacob's New Dress, by Ian and Sarah Hoffman, is suddenly at the very center of a whirlwind of controversy and debate, as the very latest banned book. It was...

Princess Lemonella It starts out like any other fairy tale, but (of course) offers the expected twist. A young child, named Ella, is born to a dotting king...

The Author and His Era F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of America’s most celebrated authors, didn’t just write about the Jazz Age—he lived it. His works, especially The Great...

That mischievous little monkey who continually gets himself into trouble is turning 75 this years. It's Curious George, first created by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. The...

Neil Gaiman is releasing a book about Norse mythology. That news would likely be quickly shuffled aside and forgotten, if it weren't for Gaiman's epic, even legendary, status...

To some readers--both past and present--The Catcher in the Rye is a mishmash of unacceptable and irrelevant moments from a young kid who doesn't know any better. He's...

Yes, Ulysses is one of the greatest works from the 20th century, and one of the greatest Irish master writers wrote it. The text is dense and is...