Ian McEwan published his first novel The Cement Garden in 1978. It received positive reviews, particularly for a debut novel, and he has been publishing ever since; his latest released in 2019. His work is often adapted for television and…
Ian McEwan published his first novel The Cement Garden in 1978. It received positive reviews, particularly for a debut novel, and he has been publishing ever since; his latest released in 2019. His work is often adapted for television and…
John Green is one of the best known young adult novelists. His novels consistently become cult classics and are quoted on social media sites such as Tumblr, Instagram, and Pinterest. He was born in Indiana in 1977, then later attended…
Jodi Picoult is the author of 26 widely successful novels. She aims to dissect ethical dilemmas, touching on a wide variety of subjects, including but not limited to school shootings, suicide, bullying, emancipation, racism, and abortion. Her novels are written…
A Thousand Splendid Suns is credited for its ability to provoke emotion in its reader—my dad, who is the least sentimental person I know, called this book “impossibly touching.” Mariam, a harami, or bastard in Afghan culture, is married off…
Jane Austen was born in Hampshire in 1775. At age 7, she got a bad case of typhus which nearly killed her. She was home schooled after her fortunate recovery and never again lived beyond her immediate family home. She…
On the surface, Me Before You seems like the classic rom-com. Louisa is lovable, ditsy but kind, while Will is snobby and obnoxious. They’re opposites from very different financial worlds, and it is entirely down to fate that they are…
Nicholas Sparks is arguably the most well known and prolific romance writer of contemporary literature. Many of his works spawned hugely successful films starring famous Hollywood actors and actresses such as Mandy Moore, Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, and Ryan Gosling.…
Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel The Help is a work of fiction based on the experiences of black maids in Mississippi in 1960s America. What makes this novel striking are the lives of the maids, Aibileen and Minny, so starkly juxtaposed…
John Green’s young adult novel The Fault In Our Stars became an instant cult classic upon its release in 2012. Hazel Grace Lancaster is 17 and has Stage 4 thyroid cancer. Her life is a series of bad daytime television…
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965. He lived in Paris for a few years as an adult before permanently relocating with his family in California. Hosseini went to medical school, but while he became a full-fledged doctor,…