Dating to the year 700 CE, the Afghan Liturgical Quire is on view at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library's exhibit, ...

This is Nuruddin Farah’s most powerful novel. As with all of his fiction, it is set in his homeland of Somalia. Maps is an ...

Exploring how the power of storytelling in historical fiction deepens our understanding of the complexities of real-world ...

Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also ...

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...

The Wheel of Timeis an epic fantasy series consisting of 15 books written by the late author Robert Jordan. It is widely regarded as one of the hallmark members of epic fantasy, and has served as an ...

From the under-told epic of World War IIs female fighter pilots to a witchy tale of magic and murder set in amid the ...

This is the first time I’ve read about Maine’s Franco American community. Why was it appealing for you and how does it relate ...

The New York Historical honor goes to Randall K. Wilson, whose “A Place Called Yellowstone” chronicles a landscape “capable ...

Those familiar with Reese Witherspoon's book club may already know how much this celeb loves historical fiction. If you do, too, check out these picks.