“Catapult” works because of its aw-shucks quality. Despite the sidebars into prickly themes, the book never strays far from ...

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, one of the Book Review’s 100 Notable Books of 2025, is a literary mystery about a scholar’s search for a long-lost poem.

To this day, I wish I’d asked why the longtime Democrat was at right-leaning Hoover, but this was Barry Diller. Everyone wants to talk to him. Which in a sense explains this review of his excellent ...

Mark Gatiss stars in a series he created as a London bookseller in 1946 with a talent for solving mysteries.

The Great Gatsby, 100 years old this year, prompts this observation: it’s a great American novel because it deepens in meaning with the passing years. It’s a mistake, I believe, to introduce such a ...

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the ...

Satire and mystery swirl with arrogance, the creative process and unchecked ambition in Matthew Pearl’s amusing and realistic “The Award.” Pearl turns a delightfully poisoned pen toward writers and ...

You know that feeling when you finish a book and just have to discuss it with someone? That's a great book club book. Here ...

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A new study from Aarhus University shows that star ratings of books are not always accurate. Average ratings on Goodreads can ...

Authors like Daniel Kraus, Katie Kitamura and more crafted stories that brought thoughtful self-reflection and curiosity to this year of reading, writes Prentice.

On May 3, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge delivered a 3,000-word address at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center. The New York Times, which printed the ...