Fiction

When it was first published in 1975, “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music” was…

Sounds came. The steady ping of rain drumming against steel. The muted whoosh of wind. The high whine…

As a youth, I loved high fantasy: expansive worldbuilding, epic storylines, and difficult-to-pronounce imaginary names. Tamora Pierce’s books…

The gentle stories in this collection of early readers feature warm, inviting illustrations and focus on navigating family…

The first 25 years of this century have seen millions of books published worldwide. Of these, many have…

Leonora Carrington The Stone Door NYRB, 2025 In Leonora Carrington’s The Stone Door, the unnamed narrator traverses Mesopotamia…

Rail: In popular media, we see the stereotype of returning to the homeland as some sort of panacea—a…

Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in…

The world is a confusing and scary place right now. Many of us are anxious wanderers in the…

So far this year, Penguin Random House Canada is seeing an uptick in sales across multiple categories. CEO…

Harry Potter director: Rowling’s views make reunion film ‘impossible’ Harry Potter director Chris Columbus says a reunion film…

Like all great crime writers, Lou Berney knows that a ripping story is only as good as the…

“If You Lie” opens with a closed trunk and frantic hope of escape