Recognize recurring kinds of fiction by how they organize lives and conflicts. Explore development, households, institutions and inherited stories, using genre labels to notice patterns while preserving the differences that make an individual work worth reading.
Elizabeth Zott, the feisty 1960s-era chemist in Bonnie Garmus’ mega-selling first novel Lessons in Chemistry, captivated readers with her early feminist point of view and transformative approach to…
Read the guideThe Center For Fiction welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson (The Orphan Master’s Son) to The Center for Fiction this fall to celebrate the release of his new novel, The Wayfinder. Th…
Read the guideOn December 22nd, 2015, after a couple years of unexplained and fleeting on-and-off symptoms, I woke up with a fever, my joints aflame, the air on my skin feeling like shards of glass. Over the nex…
Read the guideThe most popular horror books on Libby include longstanding classics, new releases, and even a few adapted titles.
Read the guideKatya Suvorova, the author of Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter, discusses three books she wishes she had as an undocumented child.
Read the guideShaun Tan, the Academy Award-winning author-artist of The Arrival and Hometown, discusses 20 years of creating graphic novels about belonging.
Read the guideDiscover the best historical fiction authors of all time, from Ken Follett and Hilary Mantel to Bernard Cornwell, and the books to start with for each.
Read the guideTrans body horror, a sapphic gothic novel, queer history graphic nonfiction, and more of the LGBTQ books on my October TBR.
Read the guideI like my fiction the way I like my reality TV: full of rich people behaving badly, all of whom are one wrong move away from total exposure. Fortunately for me, Rich People Behaving Badly is a whol…
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