Readers describe a certain type of book based on what it did to them rather than what it is about. […]

Nearly every serious reader’s apartment has a collection of books on the shelves that have an unmistakable quality: the books

A certain type of writer creates a world so thoroughly, patiently, and over many decades that it is nearly impossible

Without making a conscious effort to learn it, the majority of people are able to recite at least one poem

Certain types of books are difficult to summarize. When you ask someone what The Remains of the Day is about,

One type of writer can make you forget that you are reading. That was precisely the type of writer Alexandre

Psychological fiction creates a certain kind of uneasiness that is quieter and far more persistent than the gasp of a

There’s a good chance that at least one of the names that come up when you ask someone who their

The Sound and the Fury’s first few pages don’t explain themselves. Benjy Compson abruptly shifts through time; a memory is