Josh Clark and Judy Long get to the bottom of how a state historically limited in resources can have such scholarship and enlightenment.

In Book World, Maureen Corrigan compared the book favorably to Donna Tartt’s classic “The Secret History ... length — shows less ruthless restraint than Rooney’s previous books. Poetry and emotion ...

So, there's been a slight incident at the Louvre—just your average, headline-grabbing art heist that has everyone wondering ...

Meg Wolitzer wrote her first novel, Sleepwalking, when she was still an undergraduate at Brown University. The book focuses on three college students, and their shared fascination with poetry and ...

Another perfect addition of joy to this season is due to my thorough enjoyment of Halloween and Thanksgiving. Halloween is the time to channel an alter ego, or embody an inventive character. I love ...

His clever, melancholic mind produced some of the most enduring heroes in spy fiction. Here are his best books. Credit...Photo by Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Supported by By Sam Adler-Bell The ...