Anne Shirley, the plucky, imaginative, redheaded orphan, has been beloved by generations of readers ever since Lucy Maud Montgomery first introduced her in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables.

The early 2000s were truly a unique time for the anime industry, with many beloved and influential series premiering during ...

Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in March or April or is an upcoming May release. This guide ...

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the 2025 International Booker prize. Here, our literature experts review the book and the ...

If you read it, you remember it: Five years ago, Susan Choi published a fraught story in the New Yorker about a little girl ...

The biggest shocker of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! is that it won a major award. In the author's note, Firehead expresses their surprise that this story they serialized on an amateur web novel site got ...

Peter Geye’s newest novel, “A Lesser Light,” is set on the shores of Lake Superior. It takes readers back to 1910 and the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife. Geye will have a ...

It feels like we’ve been given a second chance. Before, we burned kerosene lamps at night, but the light was never enough. Now, we have real light. We have hope,” said Loreta Bola, 80 ...

The Light Phone III is a chunky rectangle of a phone that’s significantly shorter and thicker than what I’m used to. It’s 12mm thick, compared to 7.8mm for the iPhone 16e or about 10mm for ...

Explore the mystical world of 'Mushishi,' unravel the mysteries of 'Summer Time Rendering,' and experience the emotional depth of 'Anohana,' each available on various streaming platforms.

Jane Austen, born 250 years ago this December, wrote several novels that have been adapted many times for the screen. Which one of her books was turned into a 1995 film directed by Ang Lee ...