Many readers may be familiar with Chris Bohjalian’s novel Midwives, which was a popular “Oprah pick” back when she had the power to move...

A Summer Trio Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s third novel, published in 2012, became a sensation, and will make its feature film debut in...

Young adult (YA) literature continues to be a hot commodity. From the Hunger Games to Divergent series, everyone seems to be reading YA,...

Why is there something rather than nothing? This question, which occurs in many different forms throughout the pages of history, also...

Much time has gone by since the 13th Amendment, prohibiting slavery, was passed in December 1865. Black History Month is a good time to...

Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair (Riverhead Books, 2013) is the perfect follow-up to Anne Lamott’s wonderful Help,...

Megan Wolitzer’s novel, The Interestings, is as compelling as its title suggests (along with extremely well-written and engaging), but...

Many of us don’t contemplate time on a deep level. Sure, we worry about getting to work or appointments promptly, and often lament the...

Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is a good companion piece that fits with the spirit of this summer’s resurgence of The Great Gatsby,...

Behold what you love and find dear. Be blind of eye and deaf of ear, so that when you’ve taken firm grasp of what you love, not even...

The full title of Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule the World may intimidate some readers at first glance, but it is in fact a...

Anyone who has ever been on a diet, or worked in a large organization, or even dealt with their family during the holiday season knows...

Chris Bohjalian, with his sixteenth novel, has managed to tell the horrific tale of the Armenian Genocide while maintaining a wonderfully...

The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2012 came out the first week of December, and Carol Anshaw’s fourth novel, Carry the One, took...

Winesburg, Ohio is a town whose inhabitants, living in the early 20th-century Midwest, ache for fulfillment, passion, and meaning, and...

Gone Girl was the hot summer read for those who were not reading that other popular “trashy” novel. But Gone Girl cannot be filed in the...

A book that combines the stunning settings of 1960’s Italy and present-day Hollywood, and throws in legendary actor Richard Burton as a...

Book Review: A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard Family ties can be forged in a multitude of ways. Many families are bound by...

A good baseball game can keep us on the edge of our seats. So can a good love story. Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding has both, along...

He keeps track of weather data, recording each day’s high and low temperatures. Edward also eats the same thing for breakfast...