Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

As far as art forms go, the novel’s still a relative novelty (see what I did there), having only existed for a few centuries now—compared to, say, cave paintings or epic poetry. Even so, it might seem like the various genres of the novel—science fiction, horror, romance, mystery, young adult—have always existed. But there’s an origin […]

Reading stories to children before bedtime is a hallowed tradition that encourages a love of reading and improved literacy. But just because you’re reading to kids doesn’t mean you have to read kids’ books. Reading adult novels to a child sounds like bad news (you don’t want to create a Bart Simpson “can’t sleep, clown will […]

The novel has been the dominant form of literature for centuries, evolving and changing in exciting, unexpected ways over the years. Just when you think we know what a novel can do, a book comes along that does something no one ever thought of before. Every now and then that innovation is so powerful, it […]