Books like How reading changed my life by Anna Quindlen

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

Newbery Honor Book National Book Award Finalist

A poignant story of a mother and son's book club journey as she faces pancreatic cancer.

Alan Jacobs shows that reading is thriving in America and offers practical, playful advice to help readers enjoy books without judgment, covering literary fiction, poetry, nonfiction and digital reading.

"A timely, intelligent, and stimulating exploration of Anaïs Nin, the writer."--Gunther Stuhlmann, editor, Anaïs: An International Journal "The first study to place Anaïs Nin in the tradition of literary modernism and consider her as a serious, thoughtful constructor of narratives worthy of poststructural analysis. [Contributors] move beyond the traditional focus on her diary to innovative analysis of her published fiction."--Lynette Felber, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Utilizing close readings of Anaïs Nin’s novels and shorter narratives—including her erotica, diaries, and prose poem--and covering a full range of her early and late works, this collection examines in depth the narrative elements of her writing in light of current theoretical approaches such as feminist, narratological, psychoanalytical, semiological, and reader-response theories. The discussions raise new issues, suggest thematic possibilities, and ultimately demonstrate how her ground-breaking work actually shifts the boundaries of traditional concepts of narrativity.

Bloodroot assembles 35 celebrated Appalachian writers whose memoirs illuminate the region’s history, culture, and the paradox of pain and pleasure that defines its literary voice.

In Anna Quindlen’s novel, a teenage couple’s midnight visit to the Blessings estate unleashes a plot that tests family, identity, and community amid the unfolding mystery of a found infant.