"Le Guin demonstrates why imaginative worldbuilding is an exercise worth pursuing, crafting a narrative that explores the human condition and the nature of empathy. It also happens to be a ripping good read." —Jay Gabler, reporter, Duluth News Tribune, on The Left Hand of Darkness
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, we polled PW’s staffers and freelance reviewers, as well as members of the National Book Critics Circle, on the most essential books published in the U.S. since 1...
