Ashley Flowers Loves an Airport Bookstore
When the “Crime Junkie” co-host’s debut novel came out, it didn’t seem real until she signed copies to the sound of boarding announcements.
Review: ‘The Chaos Machine,’ by Max Fisher
Max Fisher’s “The Chaos Machine” examines the psychological impacts of technology.
As a Reader, Mo Willems Gives Himself Permission to Quit
“Somewhere along the line I liberated myself from the idea that I have to finish every book I start, instantly enlarging my exposure to new kinds of books.,” says the author and illustrator, whose latest picture book is “The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!” “A book doesn’t have to be to my taste to be ‘good.’”
A Mom Plans. Her Daughters Do Their Own Things, as Daughters Do.
In her new novel, “On the Rooftop,” Margaret Wilkerson Sexton introduces a musical family with wide-ranging visions of happiness.
Review: ‘Fairy Tale,’ by Stephen King
In King’s latest novel, a teenage boy discovers another world beneath a backyard shed.
Poem: Nationhood
This prose poem by Laura Da’ juxtaposes the loss of land and Shawnee culture with the birth of the speaker’s son.
‘Publishing Error’ Delays Dinesh D’Souza’s Book ’2000 Mules’
The publication date was postponed by almost two months, until Oct. 25.
Virginia Judge Dismisses Case That Sought to Limit Book Sales
Two petitions sought to block Barnes & Noble and independent booksellers from selling “Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” to minors in Virginia because of the books’ sexual content.
Review: “Africa Is Not a Country," by Dipo Faloyin
Dipo Faloyin is tired of Western stereotypes.
Read Your Way Through Mexico City
Juan Villoro, who spent over two decades perfecting one book about Mexico City, recommends reading on the city he loves. “Mexico is too complex,” a visitor said. “It needs to be read.”
Don’t Get Dressed Without Reading This Book
Claire McCardell helped create American fashion. She was also a writer whose book on style still resonates today.
Book Review: “The Unfolding,” by A.M. Homes
“The Unfolding” takes readers inside the homes and meeting rooms of a dyed-in-the-wool conservative with big plans for change.
Review: “A Continent Erupts,” by Ronald H. Spector
In “A Continent Erupts,” Ronald H. Spector chronicles the violent, internecine conflicts that overwhelmed Asia in the decade after World War II.
Book Review: “Partisans,” by Nicole Hemmer
A new book by the historian Nicole Hemmer charts the demise of Reagan-style optimism and the birth of a rage-and-fear-based politics on the right.
Maggie O’Farrell Looks for Stories Hiding in Plain Sight
Her latest book, “The Marriage Portrait,” imagines the life of the girl who is thought to have inspired Robert Browning’s famous poem “My Last Duchess.”
Review: “The Life of Crime,” by Martin Edwards
In “The Life of Crime,” Martin Edwards takes on the colorful history of the detective novel, and its enduring fascination.
Book Review: ‘The House of Fortune’ by Jessie Burton
In “The House of Fortune,” Jessie Burton’s characters are 18 years older and much has changed.
Review: Essays by Gary Indiana, David Collard and Charles Baxter
Cultural criticism from Gary Indiana, David Collard and Charles Baxter.
New Historical Fiction to Read
In three journeys to the past, characters find themselves on quests that have nothing to do with the calendar or geography.
Review: ‘Wild Things Are Happening,’ by Jonathan Weinberg
A new book collects six decades’ worth of the artist’s work.
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