NPR's Backseat Book Club takes the yellow brick road back to its origins with L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900.

What is L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—the original story, published in 1900—about, anyway? If you asked people this question in the first half-century of the book’s existence ...

In Earthsea, it’s those who understand how to wield the power of words who are truly wise—a creed that Ursula K. Le Guin, who used her writing to subvert racist and sexist tropes often present ...