Literature

Travel the world with these selections of top fall titles of translated fiction.

Jeremy Dauber's book sets itself apart, and comics enthusiasts will be enthralled. Douglas Wolk's analysis of Marvel Comics is both a useful introduction and reference guide.

The goal of this newly revived column will be to highlight recent and forthcoming reprints and rediscoveries, with the aim of helping busy librarians replenish their stock of not merely treasured classics but also notable recoveries from the past, to populate the shelves with exciting, unexpected finds for readers and patrons for years to come.

Translated novels first written in French, Farsi, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean comprise the best world literature published in 2020.

Belonging and acceptance, ecological disaster, Shakespeare's child. The best literary fiction published in 2020.

Some readers are spending their time in lockdown reading formidable classics. Yet for anyone not quite ready to dig into Ulysses, the works of Jane Austen are always a good idea.

A truly innovative approach to understanding the author-reader connection; for the lit-crit crowd looking to affirm ­Ferrante’s reinvention of the future of the novel; these fragments of ­Ferrante ultimately cohere into a full, absorbing portrait of an ­enduring author

Dig in for music history, trailblazing animators, and incisive critiques of film and TV. The best arts titles published in 2019.

An award-winning portrait of the first African American female author to have a play performed on Broadway, a collection of must-read stories for black girls, and a look at some of the most influential women authors of the past top the list of best-selling literary criticism books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.