Suicide might be considered by some to be a taboo topic in literature. Yet surprisingly, teenage suicide sits alongside dystopic future societies, kingdoms and dragons, and romance-comedies as one of the young adult genre’s popular themes.

How do you explain technology and its presence in human life? Okky Madasari does it well in her latest novel, Kerumunan Terakhir (The Last Crowd).

The Literary Hub website, lithub.com, has launched a new book review aggregator. Book Marks is differentiating itself from similar services that use star-rating systems and user-generated reviews by bringing in professional critics.  

The joy of reading books for our children may not last long, as pretty soon they’ll be old enough to read the books all by themselves. To help you get fun quality time with your little ones, here are our six favorite children's books of all time.

In an era of e-books and the internet, Singapore has introduced a retro-style innovation: book vending machines. Independent bookstore BooksActually is encouraging people to shop for books without even visiting a bookstore by launching two book vending machines on Friday. 

Coloring books certainly offer a unique way to relieve stress amid our day-to-day activities. The constant movement of coloring a certain pattern and choosing the colors for an object can be therapeutic and increase concentration. Here are our recommendations for five beautiful coloring books you should add to your collection.

To celebrate National Book Day, which falls on May 17, here’s our picks of Indonesian books (also available in English) that you should add to your reading list—if you haven't already. 

This year is an exciting year for all the bookworms and movie lovers out there as plenty of successful books that have been adapted for the silver screen will be released

Written like a confession, the book stole my heart from the first page. It is the story of a communist spy pretending to be a nationalist captain, a man whom shares a blood pledge with one communist and one nationalist and is the product of an Oriental mother and Occidental father, fighting for a communist Vietnam.

In conjunction with the release of Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2 and National Poetry Day, poet Aan Mansyur has released a poetry book titled Tidak Ada New York Hari Ini (There’s No New York Today).

Growing up in the 90s, I enjoyed watching Free Willy. The movie is about a boy forming a friendship with a killer whale, or orca, named Willy.

Most of us assume we have a basic immutable right to reproduce. That’s why even those who know very little about the world’s most populous country know that its citizens were allowed a maximum of one child per couple.

Author Anthony Doerr takes us back to the pre-World War II era, telling the story of Marie Laure, a beautiful, freckled and blind French girl and Werner Pfennig, a genius German orphan boy with a penchant for technology.

These past few years, the terms “gender equality”, “feminism” and “feminist” have been commonplace not only in the media but also in our day-to-day conversations.