This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book jacket, are all they’re cracked up to be.

Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests. The Daily Mail Books department chooses their favourite fiction of the century. When 50 American hostages were released ...

Jeffrey Epstein's 'black book' and client list could be closer to public release thanks to new leadership in Washington, D.C.

Jan 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson Garielle Lutz is one of America’s great writers. Why has her literary genius gone unnoticed? Jan 28, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Kolitz ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

embracing silence, solitude, and handling stressors that may segue into our weeks. Overall, it’s a reassuring and motivational book simultaneously — and one we wholeheartedly recommend.

Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been devastated by the digital age “Elita” is a novel ...

Perry won the National Book Award in 2022 for her nonfiction book “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation.” Her latest explores the connections ...