Every week, the critics and editors at the New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, ...

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Spend an afternoon exploring Evanston, Illinois bookstores, used-book shops, and libraries. A book lover’s guide to the city’s best reading spots.

The first surprise on re-reading the huge 80s bestseller A Woman of Substance is the book that paved the way for the age of “bonkbusters” is… not that spicy. Barbara Taylor Bradford’s novel was seen ...

Literary masterworks like Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea and Tolkien's The Hobbit are foundational efforts that have come to define the fantasy genre.

These days, Captain Kirk has a reputation for being a lawless renegade. But that's not how he was originally depicted in "Star Trek: The Original Series." ...

Journalist, author, and editor Joel Pablo Salud passed away on March 19 after suffering a mild heart attack. He was 63. Joel was the author of the books Blood Republic (essays), The Distance of Rhymes ...

What were you like in the 90s? This question is a social media trend right now, with achingly nostalgic slideshows of old photos, set to music. When bookish types think about what we were like, we ...

Even as they backtracked, state officials clung to the fiction that they face a fiscal cliff by being like every other state and staying in the Public Broadcasting Service.

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Wilson Joe Walking into this independent bookstore feels like coming home, if home smelled like fresh coffee and had ...

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