‘Horny wolves, eunuchs and pirates’ among Baillie Gifford prize shortlist subjects | Books
“Formidable female novelists, ghastly literary men, a faith-shaken poet, eunuchs, pirates, horny wolves, international terrorists” are among the…
Selections from what customers at Booklovers’ Gourmet are reading
Every other week, we ask local bookstores what their customers have been picking up in the preceding month.…
An Entrepreneur Shares His Top Business, Sales, and Leadership Books
Kyle Ray turned his window-cleaning side hustle into a six-figure business, thanks to a unique pricing structure and…
Australian novel attracts controversy over fictionalised depiction of gay codebreaker Alan Turing | Alan Turing
A novel written by a prominent book industry figure in which persecuted gay man Alan Turing has sex…
Books of the Month: What to read this October, from Kathy Burke’s forthright memoir to Benjamin Myers’s highly original new novel
The Anthony Bourdain Reader (Bloomsbury) includes “An Exquisite Corpse”, the last, mordant, previously unpublished piece that the television…
“If You Lie” opens with a closed trunk and frantic hope of escape
Sounds came. The steady ping of rain drumming against steel. The muted whoosh of wind. The high whine…
Spooky stories to be shared at Lucy’s Books in Astoria Oct. 11
Spooky stories to be shared at Lucy’s Books in Astoria Oct. 11 Published 12:49 am Sunday, October 5,…
A Delancey Street townhouse filled with 100,000 books is a bibliophile’s dream — and an epic estate sale
When estate sales expert John Romani walks through a house for the first time, he can tell a…
Tim Dowling: I love books – but can’t remember anything about the ones I’ve just read | Family
The oldest one is recommending the book he’s just finished to me. “You should read this,” he says,…
Book Scene: A sweet fall romance unfolds in Katie Cicatelli-Kuc’s “Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice” | People And Pastimes
Calling all “Gilmore Girls” fans! Looking for a cute, clean, quick, fall romance? Well, look no further than…
ONBOOKS | OPINION: Three Arkansas voices, three measures of endurance
Philip Martin Philip Martin has been a columnist and critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1993. In that…
The best new science fiction books of September 2025 by authors including Cixin Liu and John Scalzi
In Mason Coile’s Exiles, a human crew arrive on Mars Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff There are some sci-fi heavy hitters with…