The growth of English-language book sales in continental Europe is on the rise, fueled by interest generated on TikTok and fed in large part by Amazon. This has been cutting into local sales in some ...

Young people, especially, are choosing to read in English even if it is not their first language because they want the covers, and the titles, to match what they see on TikTok and other social media.

In “The CIA Book Club,” Charlie English tells the story of America’s war of ideas in the Eastern Bloc. Credit...Maxime Mouysset Supported by By Joseph Finder Joseph Finder, who writes frequently about ...

Over the past few weeks, my wife and I have been turning our attic into a library. I’ve been arranging all our beautiful books by subject and alphabetizing them. The books gleam. The new-built shelves ...

Books about language usage, including “Eats, Shoots & Leaves,” by Lynne Truss, and “Woe Is I,” by Patricia T. O’Conner, constitute a metaliterature, in which the writing must prove the writer’s ...