Reading Mario Puzo’s biography on Goodreads, I was struck by what motivated him to create his most famous work, The Godfather: Puzo’s most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in 1969 after he had heard anecdotes about Mafia organizations during his time in pulp journalism. He later said in an interview with Larry King that…

The Penguin Leatherbound Classics are some of the most mouth-watering books to have in one’s library. There are 14 volumes designed by Waterstones Book of the Year awardee Coralie Bickford-Smith, featuring some of the world’s most beloved classics: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. I searched far and…