A science writer investigates the 30-year-old claims of an iconoclastic doctor who said chronic pain was mostly mental.

From calls in Virginia to burn “sexually explicit” books in a school library to a wave of challenges to titles by authors ranging from Toni Morrison to Alison Bechdel, the American Library Association is charting an unprecedented rise in attempts to ban books in libraries – many of which it believes are fuelled by organised conservative campaigns.

"I love to go into painfully small detail with some very tiny paintbrushes."

Because you can never have too many great shows to watch. Wait, maybe you can actually. Is this too many?

Scholars knew the work about Guillaume d’Orange and the bloody siege of his city existed, but until now believed it had been lost completely

The room in the back of the building was dark, with only a modicum of late afternoon light showing through the windows, but he shut the curtains anyway, and blocked whatever light he could with some paper and tape. Our sensitivity to light was greatly overstated, but even still, the sunlight was not something our species enjoyed.

Penguin Random House has taken on a truly ambitious project to re-record all 40 audiobooks from Sir Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld series, featuring a cast of leading names from British stage and screen, with the first subseries publishing in April 2022.

As the Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka publishes his first novel since 1972, Cameron Laux explores the role of satire in literature.

A Kansas school district has removed more than two dozen books from its library shelves to review them after other school systems challenged the material. KMUW-FM reports that Julie Cannizzo, assistant superintendent for academic affairs in Goddard, said Tuesday that one parent objected to language he found offensive in "The Hate U Give," a novel about the aftermath of a police officer killing a Black teenager. The parent then submitted a list of books he questioned, and district officials agreed to halt checkouts and complete a review.

The surprise lawsuit against Penguin Random House’s acquisition of rival Simon & Schuster raises concerns for writers, readers and literature.

A most American nightmare

Reading – you either enjoy it, or you don’t even think about it. It’s fine to hate books, I guess. If you never have experienced the following 10 benefits that certain books might bring into your life, you can’t know better. I don’t mean to sound offensive; my intent is to help you understand that you are missing out (just like I did a couple of years ago) if you’re not exposing yourself to various literature that great minds had written.

You can't drink writing or wear writing to keep you warm. It doesn't make good firewood, nor does it keep the rain out of your tent. What's the point?

Thanks to R.L. Stine’s scary stories for kids, I’ve been able to replace some of the real horrors of the past year with fears outlandish enough to laugh at.

I can't hold pictures in my head, even when I read, but I think the reading experience I have instead is even better.

Sophie Fornairon's independent bookshop has survived the rise of Amazon thanks to a French law that prohibits price discounting on new books, but she says the e-commerce giant's ability to undercut on shipping still skews the market against stores like hers.

Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero came forward after “Carmen Mola” won a coveted €1 million literary prize.

On the occasion of its 170th publication anniversary, here are the very first reviews of Herman Melville’s leviathan-sized opus of obsession, revenge, and meticulously detailed whaling practices.

The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it's still relevant.

Novelist Mark Billingham advises readers to angrily launch a book across the room after 20 non-gripping pages – but almost 40% of people will keep going right to the end.