The Underground Railroad (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (National Book Award Winner)

In the midst of the never-ending election, America focused on either accepting or rejecting the notion that the country needs to be made great “again.” Meanwhile, some enterprising souls have wondered, When was America great? As recently as the 1950s? As long ago as the 1780s? Of one thing we can be sure, thanks to Colson Whitehead’s searing new […]

So you’ve divvied up the office Secret Santa list already, or you’ve set up a gift exchange among friends. Maybe you’re lucky and you get paired up with someone whose tastes, preferences, and interests you fully understand—or maybe you’re not so lucky, and you barely know this stranger, let alone what kind of desk tchotchkes they […]

Good books help us escape, celebrate, and survive the world we find ourselves in, and 2016 has been a banner year for transporting reads. The second half of 2016 in particular was packed with extraordinary literary achievements from both debut authors and seasoned, award-winning scribes. Whether you’re shopping for a loved one (and planning to borrow […]

The cultural impact of Oprah’s Book Club can’t really be overstated; if you think it’s just a segment on an old talk show that once made Jonathan Franzen uncomfortable, you’ve missed out. To put it bluntly, Oprah made reading cool again, and single-handedly made several otherwise obscure writers into household names. Even in its modern […]