Feel that nip in the air? It's the perfect time to snuggle up with a warm mug of tea and a good book. And why not make it a festive read? Whatever your preferred genre, there are plenty of options to ...

We’re making our list and checking it twice – our “to be read” roster, that is. It’s that time of year when we stockpile the best books of the year and buy bookish gifts for the well-read people in ...

Canadian writer Louise Penny poses during a portrait session. She is the author of a hugely successful series of mysteries perfect for winter reading. When the weather outside turns frightful, there’s ...

Surveys indicate that reading books is dropping precipitously across all age groups. This is a tragedy in itself; it’s also a social disaster, as a post-literate society risks becoming a post-rational ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the economic and financial world outside the USA, for the USA. I was on the London tube recently when the women sitting ...

Every time I resolve to read through a lengthy work of literature, I am reminded of the funniest scene in Temporary Kings, the penultimate book of Anthony Powell’s 12-volume novel cycle, A Dance to ...

Sweet and sappy holiday stories are for the gays. At least, now they are. While Christmas rom-coms have oft been restricted to the hetero realm, the past few years have seen more LGBTQ+ Yuletide ...

Everyone knows "A Christmas Carol." What everyone doesn't know, now, is that Dickens' 1843 tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts was just the first in a series of annual holiday books. "The Chimes," ...