For those who, like me, spent 2014 and 2015 obsessing over the hit podcast Serial and think they know all the aspects of the once shut-down murder case involving life-sentenced inmate Adnan Syed, think again.

Based on those surveys and quizzes, it found that Indonesian youngsters are not entirely aware of Indonesian literature. None of the respondents got a perfect score, and most are not even familiar with some of the names of the writers being mentioned. Even a simple question like “name three Indonesian books” was difficult to answer. On top of that, it was easier for them to answer questions about English books instead. 

An annotated edition of "Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto, has become a non-fiction best-seller in Germany. The publisher said Tuesday that a sixth print run will go on sale later this month.

It’s the holiday season, but if 2016 has been so tiring that a vacation is out of the question, why not make a cup of tea and escape into the pages of a good book instead?

"The Princess Diarist" (Blue Rider Press), by Carrie Fisher

Italian explorer and scientist Elio Modigliani literally took his life in his hands as he ventured to the southern part of the island of Nias from April to September 1886. In a feat worthy of Indiana Jones, the Florentine braved the headhunting tribes of the area and managed to keep his head during the expedition, which was commissioned by the National Anthropological and Ethnographic Museum in Florence.

Indonesia’s largest media and publishing company, Kompas Gramedia, has acquired e-book and digital newsstand start-up Scoop.

Sarah Tiffin, through her new book with the National University of Singapore Press, Southeast Asia in Ruins: Art and Empire in the Early 19th Century, enumerates the importance of Raffles’ text during a period of history when colonialism was justified through art and its interpretation.

Pitt’s memoir, My Brain on Fire is his fifth book, after Paris Postcards, Paris: A Journey Through Time, Small Moment of Great Illuminations, Walks through Lost Paris plus countless presentations. His memoir only skims the surface of riveting experiences in the United States, Paris and Bali.

Imagine a new picture book based on a famous song.

When it comes to Jane Austen’s rich tapestry of work, Northanger Abbey is one of her most underrated novels.

Murakami is the kind of writer who hardly ever surprises. Someone — something — s always missing in his stories.

In #GIRLBOSS, Sophia Amoruso, now the CEO of popular fashion retailer Nasty Gal (which she founded), recounts everything from her rebellious younger years to the pivotal moments that changed her life, combined with honest advice on entrepreneurship.

It may have been published 56 years ago, but it’s easy to see why To Kill a Mockingbird has been so widely acclaimed. 

In a world so rife with denial, especially when it comes to lifestyle choices, the combination of sheer honesty and sincerity of Stop Making Excuses and Start Living with Energy might just be what you need.

If ever a book conspired to challenge conventional wisdom, draw patterns between seemingly disparate data sets, and denigrate the very fabric of what we hold to be true, then that book is none other than Freakonomics.

In this book, mind mapping specialist Florian Rustler explains how the process works and why it's so successful, before exploring the many different ways it can be applied.

Herrera shows us a place where the Anglo and Latino worlds collide; as seen through the eyes of a young Mexican woman, Makina, en route to find her brother who has migrated north to the USA, armed with two secret messages: one from their mother and another from a notorious drug baron.

New York Times sports reporter and cycling correspondent, Juliet Macur, has no hesitation in illustrating the significance of the professional cyclist’s spectacular downfall in her book, Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong.

This anthology of essays, stories and drawings by a group of highly prominent women explore the complexity of sex; unfiltered, unfettered and unapologetic.

Indonesia’s book industry may be struggling to find financial support to translate more titles into foreign languages and reach a wider audience, but interest from foreign publishers is out there and growing.

Love itself is a mercurial beast that’s as unique as those under its influence; as is protagonist Hector’s case in David Foenkinos’ The Erotic Potential of My Wife.

If there was ever a perfect example of a hero’s journey from fall to redemption, then this may well be it.

For those less acquainted with his wide body of work, the question remains: who was David Bowie?

The 68th Frankfurt Book Fair will open in a matter of hours, with an Indonesian delegation of writers, publishers and creatives joining more than 7,100 exhibitors from some 100 countries at the world's oldest book fair.

Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore's Dilemma tells us one thing: our food choices don’t just affect us, but the health of the environment that sustains life on earth.

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories is no paper tiger; it’s the first work of fiction, of any length, to win the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy awards in the same year.

Think Elon Musk and a whole bunch of things comes to mind: self-driving cars, Hyperloop, SpaceX, commercial space travel. Constantly pushing the boundaries of technology, Musk might be as close as we can get to a real-life Tony Stark.

He won his Nobel for writing songs, but Bob Dylan's unexpected honor also is providing a boost for his books.

How frequently have we teenage readers been nagged to “read something of higher quality?” How often have classic literature books been shoved in our faces, while the “pop books” in our book basket been returned to the counter? “Don’t waste your time reading fiction; you should be reading the classics,” they say.