As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic asks: Is greatness overrated? Critic’s Notebook As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the ...

Great literature feels like recognition. It's that jolt when a character from 1925 describes exactly how you felt last Tuesday. It's the way a single sentence can make you laugh and break your heart ...

Lovers of great books will take any excuse to drop back into resonant scenes and stories. They happily reread old favorites in print, listen to them afresh on audiobook or dip into summaries that ...

The staff from the Aspen bookstore recommends stories from India, a mystery involving a fractured family and a tale of first love.