A project to protect 6,500 of historic books has been completed after more than 10 years of work by volunteers. The team of four have been adding conservation-grade coverings on the books, some 500 ...

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is featuring a wide variety of performers, authors, ...

Whether you enjoy fantasy fiction, classic novels or a good picture book, there is inspiration to be found in every story. If you’re seeking new motivation in paper form, here are some of the ...

Amazon is having a book sale starting today that will last a week. Some deals are available now, while others unlock in the ...

I like to break my books up into the smallest possible units. “Writing Tools” set the standard: 50 chapters at about 1,000 words per chapter. (Total: 50,000-plus words.) Let’s do the math again: 200 ...

From the flaky scone to the chilli-laced broth, here’s our definitive tasting menu of the best food descriptions ever ...

Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people — people who have managed to stay alive by hiding ...

In the final chapter of a two-part miniseries, we asked a panel of librarians: What’s the first book that made you fall in ...

This remarkable memoir, and history of India after Independence, by one of India’s most distinguished public intellectuals, ...

Andrew Labit recently celebrated the first anniversary of owning a used bookstore. He purchased the beloved Book Sack in ...

They say “don’t judge a book by its cover,” but what if the cover is made of human skin? It certainly seems weird today, but ...

In these books, characters’ inner lives are inseparable from their environments, and the changes they undergo are shaped by ...