We loved Holden Caulfield at 16, but how does the book hold up? Six California writers unpack the enduring power of ...

J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” still sells an estimated 250,000 copies a year, and Holden Caulfield remains a ...

Seventy-five years after publication, Holden Caulfield still divides readers. What changed was not the novel itself, but the ...

Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among ...

A beloved coming-of-age novel that has sold more than 65 million copies and shaped generations of readers marks a major ...

JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever ...

There are now many debates over the reason for one character's deep cynicism.

J. D. Salinger's private response to the murder of John Lennon has emerged in a rare interview with his son, Matt – who ...

J.D. Salinger’s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ turns seventy-five this year: the best-selling novel that’s never reached the screen ...

Salinger read a passage from the Bhagavad Gita every morning. His most famous novel never mentions it, but the philosophy is ...

Beneath all the alienation, "The Catcher in the Rye," which turns 75 this year, has a surprisingly hopeful—and ...

Along with “The Catcher in the Rye,” J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield turns 75 today, July 16. That’s a long time for anyone ...