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 ... grim gaze at poverty and pragmatism that marks Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet. Yet this is only part of what ...

Since the start of the New Year, we’ve asked members of our staff to share some of the best books they discovered in 2024 so ...

But its charm is eternal. Elena Ferrante’s four-book saga, the Neapolitan Novels, set in the city and read by millions around the world, was chosen this summer as the best novel of the century by The ...

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

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.

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 ...

After conducting extensive interviews, An crafted a feature story titled Nora on the Plains, delving into Liu's turbulent ...

Somehow I missed that Patrick Radden Keefe’s excellent book on The Troubles, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, has been turned into a 9-part TV series (now available ...