That Old Cape Magic
In the latest from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, summer memories retain their bittersweet grip.
Barnes & Noble Reads
Unbeautiful Winner: Leonard Cohen
Considering Leonard Cohen’s place in the Tower of Song.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The follow-up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo dives into the enigma of a young woman’s past.
Gabriel García Márquez: A Life
The life of a master of storytelling yields a narrative as weighty as one of its subject’s own novels.
The Walkable City: From Haussmann’s Boulevards to Jane Jacobs’ Streets and Beyond
What would life be like if driving weren’t the only way to get there?
The Weight of Heaven
Thrity Umrigar?s newest novel, The Weight of Heaven, straddles the United States and India as Frank and Ellie, a grieving…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The author of Half of a Yellow Sun on her new story collection.
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
The astounding career of the “Million Dollar String Bean.”
Let the Great World Spin
A man’s unlikely balancing act lends momentary grace to the chaos of a fragmenting city.
White Is for Witching
A malevolent house works its will on a family in this heady gothic tale.
Lean, Mean, and High-Toned Too: Richard Stark’s Parker Novels
The enduring appeal of Richard Stark’s dedicated crime professional, Parker.
The Story Sisters
A novel of three sisters whose charmed lives prove not so charming.
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Is the modern conception of work an unpleasant necessity? An evolutionary aberration? Or a key to happiness?
Brooklyn
A novelist returns to his hometown and sends his heroine across the Atlantic.
Laila Lalami
The author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits discusses her just-published first novel, Secret Son, and her popular literary blog.
Sag Harbor
A beachfront coming-of-age in the ’80s, from the author of The Intuitionist.
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine
Bryant Terry’s collard greens are lightly braised and tossed with raisins and citrus; his okra lightly crisped and served with…
When Skateboards Will Be Free
The child of would-be revolutionaries on growing up as a socialist in America.
The Lost City of Z
An Amazonian Shangri-la and the hapless adventurers who sought its secrets.