Are you stuck in a reading rut, and can't seem to find a good book in all your usual places? Maybe it is time to step out of your literary comfort zone and try one of these essay collections for ...

In his April 26, 2006, Commentary (“Reading-Comprehension Skills? What Are They Really?”), E.D. Hirsch Jr. contends that to improve comprehension, educators should focus on building students’ ...

On school days, my mother would leave our apartment before seven to spend the day talking about literature with other ...

It's Friday, and you know what that means: it's time to create your perfect weekend reading list. This week, instead of trying to start a lengthy novel or tackle an extensive work of nonfiction, pick ...

The word essay derives from the title of a 1580 collection of writings by the Frenchman Michel de Montaigne. In his Essays, Montaigne set down his thoughts on whatever subject snared his ...

Self-help and nonfiction books. (Photo by Genna Martin / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) In 2018, the writer Elaine Castillo released her debut novel, America Is Not the Heart, which is set ...