What are favorite books that are great stories with easy-to-read/accessible writing?

What writers were the biggest alcoholics?

Which is the best among Dostoyevsky’s novels, and why?

Why is no great literature being written now?

Who are the most famous sleepers in history, folklore, mythology, literature, etc?

What was the most important artistic accomplishment of the 20th Century?

What famous authors were convicted murderers?

Has Irvine Welsh declined badly? If so, why?

Literary Fiction: Should one get their work copyrighted before entering a contest?

What is Raymond Chandler’s best novel and why?

How much should a novel excerpt, published alone, stand on its own?

Applying machine learning techniques to the corpus of English literature from the American Revolution through the present, would it be easier to computationally generate a novel in the classical or the modernist tradition?

Which titles might someone particularly recommend by authors Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima, and Kenzaburo Oe?

What are some great fictional books or memoirs written by and about Native Americans?

If one were to start a book club focused on reading difficult (but ultimately rewarding) novels, what should one include and why?

In the “Bluest Eye,” why does Pecola like to organize things?

What does “the miracle ingredient Z-247” refer to?

What are the best author interviews from The Paris Review Interviews series and why?

Anthony Burgess told me that one day he ought to re-read his early novels like The Right to an Answer and The Eve of St Agnes. But is it possible to find a copy of a key early work, The ...

What is the best way to structure a book club?