All Books
- J.K. Rowling will receive PEN free speech prize
The Harry Potter author will be presented the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service award May 16 at the literary and human rights group's annual gala in New York.
- 'Ostend' evokes Belgium in the summer of 1936, as Europe stood on the brink
In this novelistic telling of history, Joseph Roth and Stefan Zweig – whose friendship is characterized by both admiration and resentment – encounter a series of other authors and cultural figures displaced by the intellectual unrest that preceded the carnage of World War II.
- Bestselling books the week of 1/28/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at indie bookstores across the country?
- Beatrix Potter: Newly-found story by 'Peter Rabbit' author will be released this fall
A story by Potter titled 'The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots' was recently found and will be released by Penguin Random House in September.
- My 'Updike year' – why I appreciate the man more now than ever
Updike's works accompanied me to the doctor and the dentist, to campouts and picnics, summer vacations and office lunch hours.
- 'The Dictator' completes the Robert Harris trilogy about the great Cicero
Harris brings Cicero to life with wit, verve, and vanity.
- 'Sailor and Fiddler' is Herman Wouk's nonchalantly charming memoir
'Sailor' and 'Fiddler' are both in the same key: anecdotal, glancing, casual, and far more concerned with sharing fun facts about Wouk’s career than divulging anything especially intimate.
- 3 Super Bowl books to celebrate the 50th anniversary For in-depth retrospectives of the first 49 Super Bowls, these recent releases are hard to beat.
- 4 audiobooks for armchair travelers This month's audiobooks are set in France, San Francisco, the islands of the Pacific, and Botswana
- Far out! How starry-eyed American utopians saw the world
The author of ‘Paradise Now’ discusses the legacy of 19th-century super-dreamers.
- 'The Past' ruefully explores childhood memories of a beloved family home
A family of adult siblings must decide whether their money can stretch far enough to fix the roof of their grandparents' cottage or whether it’s time to let Kington go.