This vivid story of class and family by the rediscovered Italian novelist was where Elena Ferrante “discovered what literature can be”.

Here are nine recommended translated books that traverse East and West, each one a cultural gem and a literary treasure.

Natalia Ginzburg, then an editor at the Italian publishing house Einaudi, received an 800-page brick of a manuscript from an ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Han Kang received the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature for her “poetic and experimental style” that made her “an innovator in contemporary prose.” She is the first South Korean author and just the 18th ...

A novel of British nobility; a memoir of American aristocracy. A new book traces shifts in the nation’s treatment of aging adults — for better and for worse. By Dwight Garner Try this short ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

It’s a sequel of sorts to her 1939 book “Moses, Man of the Mountain” and focuses on the Judean king Herod the Great. In the New Testament, he’s portrayed as a slaughterer of innocents ...