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

Most books we read just once. Excepting students of popular culture, who cares about yesterday’s bestsellers? Our thrift ...

An ambitious new book sees hidden currents linking writers as disparate as Colette, Thomas Mann, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia ...

This novel is a poetic investigation of aging ... earpiece radios for the intelligent that broadcast loud and irritating noises meant to disrupt thoughts, and heavy weights for the strong or ...

Tom Pyun's fast-paced 'Something Close to Nothing' uses everything from Meryl Streep to hip-hop dance to remind us that gay ...

A turntable stage sets brings together George Lewis’ newly composed 'The Comet' and Monteverdi’s 'Coronation of Poppea' from ...

The author of the Housemaid series, who writes under a pen name, talks about the surprising success of her thrillers.

Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.

Lili Anolik’s dual biography of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz makes a compelling case that the literary icons weren’t just ...

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright reunite for tepid time-passage drama.

Got a bookshelf at home that’s a bit too full? It’s a perpetual problem for us bookworms – I don’t need any more books, so why can’t I stop buying new ones? Only 25% of Americans own ...