Books, Arts, and Culture

The Victorians were more famous for their love of all things ghastly—and I did a list of nonfiction recs about Victorian crime over here—but crime didn’t...

I’ve always been drawn to creepy, macabre stories. The preference can be traced back, like many things in my life, to a book. Specifically, The Witches by Roald...

I can only read Jayson Greene’s Once More We Saw Stars when I’m alone. Every time I crack open the book and read more than two lines, I...

Whether you’re a seasoned menstruator, a young menstruator, or a parent of a soon-to-be menstruator, you need books about periods to help guide you through the...

If you’ve been missing the Mughal India-inspired world Tasha Suri brought to life in Empire of Sand, don’t miss out on another visit with the companion to...

Critical Linking, a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, is sponsored by Libro.fm. “Rebekah Heath is a research librarian by...

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from the likes of Catherine Chung, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Helon Habila, Darcy Steinke, and more—that are publishing this week....

In his book The White Road (2015), Edmund De Waal recounted his love affair with porcelain and the long, fascinating history of the material’s travels and...