“Catapult” works because of its aw-shucks quality. Despite the sidebars into prickly themes, the book never strays far from ...

A new year means new books are on the way, and for those of you who — like us! — have already read every book published in ...

After playing a central role in a notorious obscenity trial, Margaret C. Anderson largely disappeared from American ...

The Great Gatsby, 100 years old this year, prompts this observation: it’s a great American novel because it deepens in meaning with the passing years. It’s a mistake, I believe, to introduce such a ...

Satire and mystery swirl with arrogance, the creative process and unchecked ambition in Matthew Pearl’s amusing and realistic “The Award.” Pearl turns a delightfully poisoned pen toward writers and ...

Authors like Daniel Kraus, Katie Kitamura and more crafted stories that brought thoughtful self-reflection and curiosity to this year of reading, writes Prentice.

Who better than Werner Herzog, the Bavarian mad genius, to take us on a heady time-travelling exploration on what truth might mean/be/permit? The Future of Truth is a summation of his life project, ...

Featuring 368 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, YA, and audiobooks; also in this issue: interviews with George Saunders, Lee C. Bollinger, Victoria Chang, and Jumata Emill, ...