“Watchman is compelling in its timeliness. During the historical moment in which the novel takes place, in states such as Georgia and South Carolina, legislators had begun to authorize the raising of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exactly 100 pages into Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman, the illusions of Jean Louise Finch and several generations of idealists are ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Go Set a Watchman has come to us at the right moment, despite questions ...

Lee wrote Go Set a Watchman before salvaging its characters and setting for To Kill a Mockingbird. Yet in many ways, the earlier book is more honest. The trouble starts on page 101. Until then, Harper ...

Harper Lee, author of the 1960 classic novel "To Kill A Mockingbird," and the upcoming novel "Go Set A Watchman," is seen in 2007, being awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Getty Images It's ...

This piece is the third in a three-part series we’ll be publishing this week on Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Lee’s new novel, Go Set a Watchman. Here are the first and second installments.

One of my all-time favorite books has always been To Kill a Mockingbird. As a lawyer and a Southerner, I have admired Atticus Finch in print and on the silver screen for well over 50 years. So it was ...

Two years ago, the release of a movie adaptation of “Ender’s Game” posed a unique challenge for progressive nerds. The novel that was the source material for the movie is a classic of science fiction, ...

You’d probably better get cracking on that new Harper Lee novel if you haven’t already. “Go Set a Watchman” is Lee’s first book in 55 years and has been eagerly awaited by fans of her classic “To Kill ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Michigan bookstore is offering a full refund to some customers who ...

Even before Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee's second book, "Go Set A Watchman," was published July 14, readers were quick to discuss whether it would be any good. Some suggested nothing could ...