Revelations about a relationship between the author and a woman who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of ...

A British police officer was killed, and 10 demonstrators were wounded. In “My Friends,” a Libyan man named Khaled who was ...

There is some hubris in daring to define the key features of a century’s worth of novels, but Edwin Frank admits his book isn ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...

Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from ...

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: ...

Michael Johnson, professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington, has recently received the Western Literature ...