Bruce Springsteen: By the Book
The musician and author of the new picture book “Outlaw Pete” likes reading about cosmology: “I find men and women struggling to answer the deepest questions we can ask freeing.”
The musician and author of the new picture book “Outlaw Pete” likes reading about cosmology: “I find men and women struggling to answer the deepest questions we can ask freeing.”
Reviews of new thrillers, including Tawni O’Dell’s “One of Us,” Sergey Kuznetsov’s “Butterfly Skin” and more.
New books by Robert Jackson Bennett, Peyton Marshall and more.
New mysteries by Karin Fossum, Jens Lapidus and more.
Reviews of Anne Rice’s “Prince Lestat” and several novels about middle-class domestic anxiety.
The author, most recently, of “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” is a great fan of Dr. Watson: “He is intelligent, observant and faithful, the way we want all doctors to be.”
In Edward St. Aubyn’s novel, a large cast of seekers cross paths at Esalen.
James Risen argues that America’s open society has been a casualty of the war on terror.
Marlon James’s novel examines complicated politics and the growth of gang violence in Jamaica.
Lucy Worsley examines the creation of British crime fiction and the growing fascination with foul play.
A 500-year history of apparitions, poltergeists, séances and our longing to believe in the paranormal.
Folk and fairy tales are loosely reimagined and rendered with scrupulous realism.
An 1816 “ghost story” contest had lasting literary consequences.
Keats, Wordsworth and Lamb attend a famous dinner party.
Must the revolutionary artist ignore the basic laws of decency that govern our world in order to transform that world?
Richard Flanagan’s “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” No. 10 in hardcover fiction, is the ninth consecutive winner of the Man Booker Prize to make our list.
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Zoë Heller and Anna Holmes discuss the havoc books can wreak on relationships.
Four reviewers share their memories of reading creepy books.
Readers respond to a recent special issue, a story by Hilary Mantel and more.
New books by Chuck Palahniuk, Merritt Tierce, David Ohle and Fred Venturini.
Francine Prose and Ayana Mathis discuss their scariest reading experiences.
New books that circumvent established norms and smash accepted verities to smithereens.
This week, James Risen discusses “Pay Any Price”; Alexandra Alter has news from the literary world; Lucy Worsley talks about “The Art of the English Murder”; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
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