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…
The universe of The Fragile Threads of Power is the same as that of the Darker qShade of Magic series, and fans will be able to get back there as…
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…
In the summer of 2015, I was supposed to be at work on Drifts, a book I had been under contract for almost as long as I had lived in…
