Let’s say you want to write a book. You’ve got a captivating story to tell or a compelling argument to make. You’ve got a ...

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of ...

John Banville is surely the only crime novelist in recent memory who has won the Booker Prize and is regularly rumored to be ...

The Alteration. By Kingsley Amis. New York Review Books; 256 pages; $16.95. Vintage; £9.99 Partly set in Rome, this steampunk satire plays clever, comic variations on the Vatican-intrigue plot. In an ...

The Pontiff professed the affection he has for the Nicaraguan people, distinguished by their “extraordinary love for God,” ...

In recent years, TikTok has had a remarkably significant impact on book sales, and 2024 is no different.

Decades of clergy sex abuse scandals are an "existential threat" to the Catholic Church and can only be remedied through ...

If you’re looking for holiday gift ideas, here are some excellent new paperbacks on the Bible that would make great stocking ...

Dec. 1 marks the beginning of Advent. Here are some ways you can make Christmas more meaningful and memorable with your ...

A Hitchcockian thriller, an off-the-grid memoir, novels by Weike Wang and Lily Tuck, and more.

It took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts curator from the Newberry Library to unravel the mystery of the ...

By focusing on the most salacious parts of its history, as well as recent U.S. politics, the book Opus doesn't shed much ...