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In 1968 the Roman aristocrat Alessandro Torlonia, Prince of Fucino, applied for a permit to repair the roof of his family’s private museum, a nineteenth-century industrial...

1. So horrendous were the manifold atrocities perpetrated by Adolf Hitler and his followers that decades passed before scholars began to address the Nazis’ use of...

Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the International Booker Prize has announced its 2021 shortlist. The prize is awarded every year to...

In Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner—also known as the indie-pop musician Japanese Breakfast—writes of her mother’s battle with terminal cancer and the caretaking process. The...

At some point in the past few years, I’ve noticed that a certain kind of wildly popular self-help guru—male, young, obsessed with optimizing one’s life—has gotten...

Welcome to Book Fetish: Volume 452, your weekly round up of bookish clothing, art, accessories, reading tools, and more from around the web! A Midsummer’s Night...

What is a superhero without a supervillain? Not much. Some supervillains, however, are worth a lot more than others. Since the last thing the world needs...

The Oscar nominated documentary My Octopus Teacher really hit the spot. The film explores the relationship between Craig Foster, a South African filmmaker, and an octopus...

In the mood for a good YA romance filled with diverse characters going through emotional and personal growth? I know I am. As a huge fan...

I didn’t know it at the time, but I grew up reading fairytale retellings. Books like Cinder Edna and The True Story of the Three Little...