Editor's Note: This column includes spoilers for Just Friends by Haley Pham, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry and Just for the Summer and Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez.  Book YouTuber...

Generally, I’m a proponent of the expression, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” In traditional publishing, concepts for book covers don’t originate from the author; instead, publishers generally...

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen follows Elinor Dashwood, who is all rational sense. Marianne Dashwood is all emotional sensibility. The two sisters couldn’t be more different, especially when it...

I would like to preface this column by stating that I love audiobooks. I listen to them while driving, folding laundry, or when I try to romanticize my daily walks. They make literature more accessible...

For many generations, reading has been defined by people holding books, eyes scanning lines of text and flipping through pages. However, technology continues to reshape the way we consume information,...

We all read all the time. Social media, texts, snaps, email, signs, assignments, you name it. But reading a novel or a nonfiction book is not quite the same as any of those other reading experiences. As...

The epitome of the anti-socialist manifesto, written by the darling of the conservatives Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead champions the idea and rights of the individual over the will of the collective. Going...

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez follows the story of the Buendía family on the magical island of Macondo through, as you might expect, 100 years. I must admit, I went into...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe primarily follows the story of Okonkwo, set in the Nigerian Ibo villages. The first half of the novel establishes the setting and characters thoroughly, delving into...