People of the Book
A centuries-old Haggadah provides the linchpin for Geraldine Brooks’s sweeping new novel.
Barnes & Noble Reads
Sex, Debt, and Revenge: Balzac’s Cousin Bette
Novelist Min Jin Lee on Balzac’s masterful tale of obsession, Cousin Bette.
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
Philip Pullman: The Storyteller’s Art
James Mustich talks with Philip Pullman about the power of storytelling and the film version of The Golden Compass.
Live from Cape Canaveral: Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
A memoir from the reporter who covered every NASA launch.
Translating Tolstoy: Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
Richard Peavar and Larissa Volokhonsky on translating War and Peace.
The Queen of the Tambourine
A series of unanswered letters, and a journey down the rabbit hole of one woman’s mind.
Tomorrow
A sleeping family is the audience for a mother’s midnight confession.
Roth on Zuckerman’s Curtain Call
A conversation with the author about Nathan Zuckerman’s final bow.