The Real Lolita
In her new book, Sarah Weinman unearths the forgotten kidnapping case behind Vladimir Nabokov’s literary sensation.
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The Right to Fiction: Jordy Rosenberg on “Confessions of the Fox”
The author of the groundbreaking new novel “Confessions of the Fox” talks about creating a transgender hero in 18th-century London.
Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
A new book unveils how two giants of their fields — a master of science fiction and a visionary of…
The Neighborhood
The Nobel Prize-winning writer turns in a tale of scandal and murder set against the backdrop of a corrupt Peruvian…
Varina
In the new novel from the author of “Cold Mountain,” the cataclysm of the Civil War is seen through a…
The Female Persuasion
The new novel from the author of “The Interestings” traces a young woman’s life after it’s reshaped by a vital…
Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage
Recreating a legendary expedition through Canada’s vast northern wilds brings the writer face to face with our permanent effect on…
The Sparsholt Affair
The author of “The Line of Beauty” traces a mystery across three generations of gay life in Britain.
Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House
A new book about LBJ takes on a presidency of Shakespearean dimensions.
At War with a Story: The Uncanny Fiction of Barbara Comyns
In her most unsettling works of fiction, Barbara Comyns took fairy tales in strange and revealing new directions.
The World through Words: An Appreciation of William H. Gass
The late writer William Gass is remembered by many for his monumental, groundbreaking novels. David L. Ulin argues for the…
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
A poet and music critic’s boundary-smashing new collection proves to be one of the year’s most vital documents on an…
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
The history behind the beloved Little House books was one of endurance and suffering — and family myth and infighting…
A Drowned World: Jon McGregor and Maile Meloy on “Reservoir 13”
Award-winning novelist Maile Meloy talks with Jon McGregory on his powerful new story of a girl’s disappearance, and the aftermath.
Terrifying Forecast
Just in time for Halloween, the bestselling author of “Strange Weather: Four Short Novels” shares his list of prescient favorite…
Leonardo da Vinci
The creator of the world’s most mysterious work of art was himself an open book. Michael O’Donnell reviews Walter Isaacson’s…
Almost Anything Can Grow Lighter: Heather Harpham in Conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston
The author of the new memoir “Happiness” talks with Bret Anthony Johnston about her journey along a “crooked little road…
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
One of the foremost chroniclers of the Putin era dives deep into how the trauma of the Soviet era still…
A Legacy of Spies
The master of the Cold War spy thriller returns to the aftermath of one of his classic works, and to…
The Dunkirk Spirit
In the wake of Christopher Nolan’s film version of the iconic rescue of British forces comes Michael Korda’s account. Review…