Readers have plenty to choose from in the new year. May we all read widely, bravely, and dangerously in the coming months ...

I am sure it’s the same for many others who have lost their loved ones. I feel it when I eat something I am sure my grandfather loved to eat or watch a clip or hear a song from Rab Ne Banadi Jodi or ...

After growing up across countries, I knew I wanted my kids to be multilingual — fluent in Dutch, German, and English from ...

Dictionaries were once bestsellers, but between the internet and artificial intelligence, its role in our culture has changed. Stefan Fatsis is out with a new book called Unabridged: The Thrill of ...

And a new biography of Dickens is getting prominent reviews, including front-page billing in The Washington Post Book World. But what’s been missing from the articles I’ve read about these works is ...

A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose ...

Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But when Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 19th-century London, the holiday went viral.Guests:Leon ...

Meaning ‘Christmas’ refers to an annual festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed on December 25. It represents joy, hope, generosity, love, and togetherness. O ...

Summer reading can mean anything you want it to – from a crime or romance novel to a fat classic you didn’t have time for ...

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are ...

Lord of the Flies, the first and perhaps greatest work of celebrated author William Golding, has sold more than 10 million ...

In ’Defiance’, Loubna Mrie recounts growing up inside Assad’s Syria and the painful unlearning that turned privilege and ...