Every now and then there is a book with a character so well-written, so well-developed, that you instantly fall in love with them. 1.The Lonesome Dove series: "I would read a hundred books about those ...

To paraphrase Cicero, a world without books is like an anglerfish without a nightmarish flashlight made of its own body, so ...

For those unfamiliar with the term, a “book boyfriend” is essentially a fictional male character from a book—often in the romance genre—who the reader develops a crush on. Having crushes on fictional ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...