Books, Arts, and Culture

Obviously, the answer is yes. But this was not a foregone conclusion. Well before the United States entered World War II, American superheroes enthusiastically defended America...

I enjoy reading memoirs and have found a small number of people writing in English about learning another language. Naturally these are different from books that...

Losing a parent is hard. Writers, like the rest of us, have to wade through their pain. Unlike the rest of us, they tend to leave...

It’s all too easy to sign up for Audible believing that you’re going to absolutely redeem your audiobook credit each month, and listen to it. But life can...

There’s no better way to shake off a reading slump than with an engrossing, feel-good read. These uplifting titles, including works from both favorite and first-time...

This list of anticipated 2021 nonfiction books was originally published in our nonfiction newsletter, True Story. Sign up for it here to get nonfiction news, reviews, deals, and...

The other day, I was reading Indestructible Object by Mary McCoy, and I thought almost simultaneously, “Wow, I really appreciate what this book is doing” and...

Reese Witherspoon’s June Book Club pick and one of summer’s Most Anticipated Books (Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, Travel + Leisure, Bustle, Essence and more)! Seven days...

The authors of the New York Times bestseller My Lady Jane return with the courtly tale of Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary is the jewel of...

After spending almost a year translating English professor Laura Dassow Walls’s most recent biography, Henry David Thoreau: A Life, I was finally done. I thought I deserved...