Books

The author of Imagine on creative thinkers from Virginia Woolf to Oliver Sacks.

Classics with bite, recommended by the author of Enchantments.

Bestselling romance novelist (and B&N Review columnist) Eloisa James  and her family relocated to the City of Light for a year of beauty and self-discovery -- and they weren't disappointed. But her dream-come-true sabbatical required some sign...

Desert island reading. Literally.

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, D. J. Taylor's novel captures the Victorian passion for horse racing, as enthusiasts from every walk of life converge on Epsom Down one summer. Much rides on the performance of proven winner Tiberius, but "sporting...

Garry Marvin's entry in Reaktion's Animal series, each of which explores the historical significance of a particular creature, addresses the big bad wolf. Though it wasn't always so. Early hunter-gatherer societies revered the wolf. But with the domest...

Recommendations that provoke and enchant from the Dogma author's bookshelf.

Recommendations that provoke and enchant from the Dogma author's bookshelf.

The farmer's market aside, do you know where the grapes on your table came from? And how many people toiled to put them there? Tracie McMillan takes a Nickel and Dimed approach as she works the fields, the supermarket aisles, and the fast-food kitchens...

In 1891, disillusioned with European civilization and "everything that is artificial and conventional," Paul Gauguin sailed to French Polynesia. This thoughtfully curated work, edited by Suzanne Greub, places gorgeous reproductions of the artist's Tahi...

The work of the late poet Adrienne Rich was an important part of Cheryl Strayed's trek along the Pacific Coast Trail, chronicled in her riveting new memoir, Wild. When Discover Great New Writers asked the author to talk about her book and her journey, ...

A failed novelist develops a taste for online poker, but trouble starts when opponents call his bluff in the real world. Ted Heller's inventive, incisive comedy finds his hapless hero going all-in, as the stakes grow higher than at any Vegas table.