The Best Reviewed Books of the Week "A vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ... Probing and excellent." ...

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week "A vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ... Probing and excellent." ...

Karin Slaughter on Mo Hayder, thrillers by women, and the legacy of "Gone"November 3, 2026 by Karin Slaughter The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026November 3, ...

Movement against loss. Summer has its autumnal thoughts.  / Bets made with your own body.” So begins Malgorzata Lebda’s poem ...

Across many African literary traditions, the boundaries between the living and the dead, the seen and the unseen, are fluid ...

In 1836, Charles Dickens hooked the good people of England on a story about a traveling men’s group. Published over two years ...

Author Andreas Malm has been denied entry to the United Kingdom on the grounds that his “presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good,” according to The Guardian and Al ...

Another month of books, another month of book covers. What my favorites from October lack in spookiness, they make up for in clever color stories, delicious textures, and a little bit of cheek. Here ...

Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of newly acquired (or just plain new) shows, movies, and ...

Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini was quite the collector, filling warehouses and his Harlem home with books, posters, ...