Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having ...

Essentially, an academic book review is a critical evaluation of a scholarly book. Unlike a summary, which only tells what the book says, a review describes how and why it does so — and whether it ...

After The Times review didn’t come out ... “I think there’s reason for every book that you write, and that reason goes beyond merely wanting to be an author. There’s a reason why the ...

Here are two words that might make you swoon with longing or simmer with envy: book leave.

Sonia Faleiro’s new book How I Write attempts to extract this very clarity from this haze of the creative process. The book ...

Henry’s heroines are intelligent, driven women — a hard-charging literary agent, a devoted librarian, a med student in the ...

The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working ...

Responses to my column on books indicate that many people agree with a recent letter in the Wall Street Journal: “The joy of ...

It's not easy to get someone to do small jobs. Fortunately, there are more options than ever for taking care of small jobs ...