American dystopian classic “Fahrenheit 451” by the late Ray Bradbury encapsulates the dark realities of a society without books, intellectual curiosity, or critical thinking.

In her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, she takes up where Socrates left off. Describing her own high-school encounter with him, Callard writes: “I didn’t just want ...

Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE ... A sweetly romantic read that makes you believe it’s never too late to open your heart. — Caroline Leavitt In the opening pages ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter ... And yet somehow this contemporary twist on “Fahrenheit 451” exudes a morbid sense of humor, thanks largely to its characters, including ...

A popular one is finishing an arbitrary number of books; another approach is to establish specific parameters—reading only titles by women for a year, meeting a quota for books in translation ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - If you have a goal to read more books in the new year, you may want to join a book club. One such club in Lake Charles has been around for 10 years. The Totally R(e)ad Book ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and Gilbert Cruz, editor of The New York Times Book Review ...