This is an extract from Korean-American journalist Euny Hong's book The Power of Nunchi: the Korean Secret to Happiness and Success. It looks at the concept of nunchi: a "guiding principl...
Studies have found that in order to age well, it helps to keep writing, reading and talking. This is how we can benefit if we continue to flex our literary muscles.
Atwood did not plan on writing a sequel, but moves to limit women’s reproductive rights spurred her on to publish The Testaments. The book has been hailed a 'touchstone for feminist campa...
These are the six shortlisted novels for the 2019 Booker Prize.
From The Future of Capitalism to On the Road, the World Economic Forum staff recommend their top books of the season.
In her book "My Blood Divides and Unites", Jesmane Boggenpoel recounts her experience as a person of mixed ethnicity growing up in apartheid South Africa, and looks at other examples from...
The 44th US president's best reads from 2009-2019.
Join our Book Club across our social media channels to discuss Shashi Tharoor's book on British colonialism in India.
Most of us can admit to losing time to our social media feeds, but what could we achieve if we repurposed those hours?
The way we read may be changing, but all over the world people still love a good book. And none more so than the Microsoft founder and philanthropist .
The Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88 - leaving behind a body of literature. Here are 10 of her most thought-provoking quotes.
Authors worldwide have come to the shores of Lac Léman to write, such as Mary Shelley who famously wrote Frankenstein in Cologny, Geneva. Here's a snapshot of Switzerland's literary history.
Ducks, Newburyport, by Lucy Ellman is 426,100 words long - but just a single sentence. The cover art features a quote from the Evening Standard, who describes reading Ellman's work as "li...
These women, despite working for organisations such as NASA, were written out of history. Among them are scientists, architects, photographers, artists and inventors.
This excerpt is from Elnathan John's satirical book, "Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide". The book was chosen as the World Economic Forum Book Club's monthly book for August.
