Meanwhile an UnHerd op-ed last year argued that “the literary man is not dead”, positing that there exists a subculture of ...

In a haunting scene from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner, a young Amir watches helplessly as his best friend Hassan gets assaulted. As Amir stands paralyzed on the sidelines ...

Women also seem to be reading and buying more fiction than men at Harvard Book Store, book buyer Melissa Sagendorph told me. “Women are obviously responsible for the huge explosion and popularity of ...

A recent survey by Wattpad and Wakefield Research revealed the shifting reading experience and habits of younger readers in the wake of AI technologies. “There’s been a massive shift over the last ...

Discovered: Emotional engagement with fiction boosts real-world empathy; a new MRI video of a fetal brain; Siberia's permafrost is thawing too quickly; a microchip that restores vision. Fiction as an ...

If you’re like us, you probably spend much of the year reading strategy, history, biography, and commentary. Summer is a good time to reinvigorate your mind with some fiction. To that end, each year ...

Delve into the tales of a queer book conservator at The Met, an actress in the West Bank, a painter with a secret, and other characters whose lives intersect with art. There’s something really sweet ...

Binhammer, Katherine receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Kanika Batra receives funding from Fulbright Canada. Maryse Jayasuriya and Theo Gray do not ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically ...

In a haunting scene from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling first novel, The Kite Runner, a young Amir watches helplessly as his best friend Hassan gets assaulted. As Amir stands paralyzed on the sidelines ...