Why Escaping Into a Book Can Sometimes Be Healthy
When you’re supposed to be doing something crucial, like paying bills, responding to emails, or getting ready for tomorrow, and […]
The Unexpected Reason Some People Become Obsessed With Books
The books are the first thing you notice when you walk into the apartment of a serious reader, even before
The Art of Writing Sentences People Can’t Stop Thinking About
Somewhere in the middle of a quiet scene in Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad, a sentence appears
The Unexpected Freedom of Reading Books No One Talks About
There are books that no algorithm will ever turn up somewhere in a used bookstore, the kind with a handwritten
A Mother, a Widow, a Villain? Inside the Book Giving Lady Tremaine Her Humanity Back
When a story is told incorrectly long enough that the correction feels more like a reckoning than a twist, there
Why Great Writers Obsess Over Tiny Details Nobody Notices
There’s a scene in a book where a character picks up a coffee cup and the author tells you it’s
Why the New Generation Is Rediscovering the Joy of Slow Reading
Amy Dunne makes a remark close to the start of Gone Girl that is so scathing and deliberately cruel that
The Surprising Way Writers Train Themselves to Notice Everything
If you’ve ever sat next to a writer on a lengthy train ride, you may have noticed that they are
Alchemised Is the Dark Fantasy You’ve Been Waiting Your Whole Life to Read
When you open a book that comes wrapped in secrecy, a certain kind of dread settles into your chest. A