Elsa Morante was the first woman to win the Strega, Italy’s equivalent of the Booker, in 1957, for her novel Arturo’s Island.

Morante’s resurgence can be claimed as part of the post-Elena Ferrante wave ... claiming that Lies and Sorcery “was the book through which I discovered that an entirely female story ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

When I asked the BuzzFeed Community what books were their favorite and least favorite reads of 2024, I was surprised by the ...

The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains ...

Deciphering Naples is one of those recurring challenges of humanity, a literary challenge of the first order, like looking at Vesuvius itself. But its charm is eternal. Elena Ferrante’s four-book saga ...

By Linda Holmes Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has ...

What’s the correct Horus Heresy book order? This guide provides the full Horus Heresy reading order for all the novels, and the Siege of Terra mini-series, complete with spoiler-free summaries for ...

Here are Parade’s 101 Best Young Adult books of all time, according to indie booksellers; acclaimed authors like Suzanne ...

Somehow I missed that Patrick Radden Keefe’s excellent book on The Troubles, Say Nothing ... The system itself could not have intended this in the beginning, but in order to sustain itself it was ...