By Dwight Garner How the Movies Made Joan Didion a Great American Writer A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...

In her children’s stories, Clarice Lispector disguised philosophical questions in cheerful, kooky fables about exuberant animals with places to be. By Joumana Khatib In Linda Joan Smith’s ...

A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. In “The Fisherman’s Gift,” a man finds a lost child ...

Dorit Kemsley slammed Tracy Tutor’s “attention-seeking” allegations that she doesn’t pay her hair and makeup team. On Tuesday, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star shot down ...

Celebrity bookworms are here to stay. Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua Lipa and Jenna Bush Hager have ...

The artist behind the widely ridiculed portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge has hit back at his critics, claiming that the painting simply doesn't photograph well.

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

Kenya's most famous writer returns home to talk to BBC World Book Club on 3rd March Duration: 2:22 Lee Child: 'With Jack Reacher, I closed my eyes and wrote' ...