Whether reminiscing about the past or contemplating the future, these book themes serve as powerful connectors. Here are ten engaging book themes that particularly resonate with Baby Boomers ...

Oprah Winfrey unveiled her latest book club selection, "The River Is Waiting," by Wally Lamb. It's the third time Winfrey has picked a book by Lamb.

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

Celebrated for tackling themes of loneliness, survival and sensory deprivation, the book went on to win a range of literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis and the Prix Victor-Rossel.

The Secret Life of Bees is a novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story that details on ...

The novel’s first theme is courage in the face of danger. The second is repentance. A pair of brothers run the emerald mine that exploits the area socially and economically. Providentially ...

But thanks in part to star Joey King—an executive producer on the film and self-proclaimed “huge fan” of the book—it’s finally a reality. The themes of the novel are still relevant today ...

Holly Black, author of the successful Spiderwick series of fantasy novels for young teens, goes into much darker psychological territory with White Cat, the first book in a new fantasy/horror ...

"Gliff" is the name they give a horse and is the title of a new novel from Ali Smith, the novelist and playwright. Won the Orwell Prize for political fiction for her novel "Summer," and she is ...