Marlon James’s 2026 novel, The Disappearers, has already been hailed as the novel of the century by The New York Times, and ...

The year is 1789, and a New England midwife is called to investigate a dead man pulled from the ice. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ariel Lawhon about her novel, "The Frozen River." A new novel opens ...

Estrangement and reconciliation in an Italian-American family: Ann Napolitano's new novel, "Hello Beautiful," is about loving each other just as we are. NPR's Scott Simon talks to her about it.

Genres are the Sirens of literary criticism. They seem friendly and alluring, but they are dangerously elusive shape-shifters. You really have to lash yourself to the mast. There is also the problem ...

When The Grapes of Wrath came out 77 years ago, it was an instant hit. The story of a destitute family fleeing the Dust Bowl sold 430,000 copies in a year and catapulted John Steinbeck to literary ...

After a 14-bidder auction involving 21 different imprints, Jordan Pavlin at Knopf won North American rights to the buzzed-about debut novel by Lara Prescott, We Were Never Here. The book, which Knopf ...