Recently, I picked up a book to distract myself from my phone, which was blowing up with social media alerts, election prognostications and sweaty-palmed predictions about who the Dodgers might sign ...

Gifford is probably best known for his 1989 novel “Wild at Heart,” which David Lynch adapted into the cult film of the same name. (Together, they also wrote the screenplay for the director’s loamy ...

Keefe’s narrative history, which was No. 19 on our list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, has now been adapted into ...

Starz brings Lisa Taddeo’s nonfiction bestseller to TV—with some changes.

Given that we can no longer sit in the sun on a park bench reading, but instead are cuddled up in the privacy of our homes, ...

It wasn’t until John Grisham’s second novel The Firm caught fire two years later that his first book became a smash hit as ...

Robert Hilburn’s “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” is a biography of a musician famous for both sarcasm and sentiment.

Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water ...

László Krasznahorkai’s “Herscht 07769” is a timely meditation on our impotent slide into authoritarianism.

Mortgage rates feel unaffordable today, but they're not that that high in a historical sense. Here's a closer look.

The American Library Association (ALA) announced on November 12 the six books shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals ...

Amazon's "Best Books of the Year" list is here. The Top 10 for 2024 include dark thrillers, American classic retellings and ...