For many, “1984” by George Orwell is one of those books. Its impact on science-fiction and pop culture is far-reaching. “Big ...

The acclaimed Japanese magic realist (“Norwegian Wood,” “Kafka on the Shore”) is back with his first book in six years. It opens on a pair of teens in love. The girl disappears and the man ...

“Negative homesteading” makes no sense. It is like saying that a doctor who gives first aid to someone who has been shot is “negatively shooting” them. Orwellian language of this sort that transforms ...

I must confess I do not know Allison Pearson well. I think she’s a good writer and I appeared with her on Nigel Farage’s show ...

Apart from the similarities between the current Russian and Soviet methods, the difference between them will also be analysed: more drastic methods of Soviet authorities, who simply banned Orwell’s ...

Many of us as children read, or had read to us, the book entitled: “Animal Farm” written by George Orwell. Time magazine ...

After the bill had been initially approved by Australian lawmakers, before it was sent to the Senate committee, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) lashed out at the legislation, calling it both ...

What a difference a decade makes. In 1940 George Orwell published his eighth book, the essay collection Inside the Whale, but when the Nazis in the same year drew up a list of Britons to be arrested ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff “The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia ...

Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ground zero for the counterculture. But she was best known for a tawdry book — which she later disavowed — published after Ms. Joplin’s death.

As she anticipates her estranged uncle’s return to the White House, Mary Trump isn’t expecting any future book to catch on ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.