If you’ve ever wondered why some stories feel like they’re looking right back at you, meet Fyodor Dostoyevsky. He wrote like a man on the edge—seeing everything, afraid of nothing.…
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, Mark Twain grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River, a setting that would flow through much of his writing. His life was…
When you think of crime fiction, one name rises above them all—Agatha Christie. Known as the “Queen of Crime,” she transformed the detective novel into an art form, weaving intricate…
If there’s one thing Matthew McConaughey does well—besides delivering iconic movie lines and living life with contagious swagger—it’s thinking deeply. The Oscar-winning actor, philosopher-at-heart, and bestselling author of Greenlights has…
Few authors lived as boldly as they wrote—but Alexandre Dumas did. The son of a Haitian general in Napoleon’s army, Dumas carried in his blood a mix of revolution, resilience,…
Malala Yousafzai has always believed in the power of books to transform the world—because they transformed hers. From a childhood spent reading in the Swat Valley to becoming a Nobel…
Charles Dickens isn’t just a name from your high school reading list—he’s the guy who practically invented the way we think about novels today. Born in 1812, Dickens went from…