Books

The creator of the bestselling Outlander novels on three of her favorite series.

Readers familiar with poet/author/playwright Notzake Shange's work, including her award-winning play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf," know she can explore the touchiest topics (race, gender) with power, passion,...

Season's readings.

Our favorite books of the year -- in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Beyond Category.

It's common practice for well-known, much-loved screen stars to pen their memoirs. What's unique about Diane Keaton's autobiography is that, in it, the actress best known for her role in Woody Allen's Annie Hall tells us not just her own story but that...

The literary world grapples with an enormous loss today:  Journalist, author, and provocateur Christopher Hitchens has died of pneumonia, arising from cancer of the esophagus.  His death was announced by Vanity Fair, where he had been a contr...

Chris Linder, a photographer and researcher associated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, offers us intimate and exciting accounts off his four separate voyages to the icy polar realms. Startling and beautiful photographs supplement a lucid t...

Three classics of American comedy, selected by the mastermind of The Borowitz Report.

Three classics of American comedy, selected by the mastermind of The Borowitz Report.

Journeys back to the Round Table in history, poetry, and fantasy.

Warning: This riveting memoir from the musician behind era-defining songs like "Le Freak," "Good Times," "We Are Family,"  and "I'm Coming Out" is highly addictive. From his candid portrait of childhood among drug-devoted hipsters to his rise as a...

Marie Lu's debut young-adult novel is a gripping, gritty, dystopian story of two teenagers, wealthy prodigy June and wanted criminal Day. The author's sharp eye for detail makes the militaristic "Republic" (once the western U.S.) they live in seem all ...