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Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.

Kevin Barry’s new novel follows a fugitive couple from Butte, Mont., in the late 19th century.

It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.

The tale behind a new museum of children’s literature is equal parts imagination, chutzpah and “The Little Engine That Could.”

Jennifer Szalai, Dwight Garner and Alexandra Jacobs look back at the books that “offered refuge from the wheels grinding in our heads.”

Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai weigh in on 22 of the funniest novels since “Catch-22.”

Dwight Garner writes that voters, who “seemed to want a break from contemporary social reportage,” looked for immersive reads.

Need a last-minute Mother’s Day gift? Try one of these recent releases.

New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.

New research undermines the traditional view that Shakespeare was a distant, neglectful husband to his wife, Anne.