Books take us to places we may never visit. A few take us into the future, whereas others carry us back into the past. Verifiable wrongdoing fiction books are extraordinary…
Romance is the heart beat of human emotion, and few matters capture it higher than a nicely-written romantic novel. For newbie readers, entering into the world of romantic fiction is…
How To Stay Sustainable With Producing Paper Books? Examining environmentally friendly book printing demonstrates the significant influence the publishing industry has on the environment. Offices consume a lot of paper—more…
HOMEBODY Hilarie Burton Morgan was an actor, producer and host of MTV’s “Total Request Live” before she became the co-owner of Mischief Farm in New York’s Hudson Valley and author…
Games that involve a lot of text may not be for everyone, but two particular amusements with similar names — “Dear Holmes” and “Dear Reader” — might appeal to book…
Introduction The Ritual It began, as usual, in a public restroom. For ten years, Laud Humphreys of Oklahoma had been an Episcopal priest, but now he watched the silent choreography of the…
NOTHING IS WRONG AND HERE IS WHY Essays By Alexandra Petri We all have that one friend who has the rare ability to make us laugh, not just over cocktails or…
The most important thing to know about William Shivering’s THIEVES OF WEIRDWOOD (Holt, 338 pp., $16.99; ages 8 to 12) is that it will delight and satiate those besotted with…
THE LION’S DENBy Katherine St. John353 pp. Grand Central. $28. Image “The Lion’s Den” is classic escapist reading, in every sense of the word. On the one hand, the story whisks pasty,…
As summer approaches, we are longing for normalcy, a return to the sweaty June, July and August habits of our past lives in the city — things we maybe took…
ALTERNATE ENDING From Philip Roth’s “The Plot Against America” to Monica Ali’s “Untold Story,” veteran novelists have long tinkered with real-life events. (Roth imagines Charles Lindbergh as president; Ali imagines…
Plans, like time, have proved remarkably elastic during this pandemic, and books I’d intended to discuss here have been delayed half a season or more, while books I didn’t cover…
