In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

The books that made the shortlist were: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (Canongate); The Mare by Angharad Hampshire (Northodox Press), The Book of Days by Francesca kay (Swift Press), Glorious ...

In our survey about the best books since 1996, a number of authors split the vote — among their own titles. Here are 10 ...

Short reviews of recent releases.

Solvej Balle’s series about a woman trapped in time, On the Calculation of Volume, became a sensation in Denmark. Now they arrive in the UK ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Meryl Streep has never been the celebrity doing a paparazzi walk in hopes of gaining the media’s attention. She let other ...

This list includes the best original page-turners with superb quality prose and the most captivating stories that stayed ... Harvey’s book is short but sweet, serving as a love letter to Earth ...

The New Year is the perfect time to refresh your bookshelf and reading list with the many highly anticipated page-to-screen adaptations coming in 2025. Filmmakers and showrunners are drawing from ...

If you're not familiar with the Wheel of Time books, you'll be pleased to hear ... s treasure trove of notes to bring the rest of the story to life. Yes, The Wheel of Time does indeed make many ...

Like instead of now being the most I’ve ever weighed, I act like I’m one of the success stories and, through careful diet and exercise, I’ve lost over half my weight.” She looked at me ...