THE NEW YEAR brings resolutions, exciting new TV shows and movies, and for readers everywhere, new books. You probably ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

The British author wrote her first novel aged 17 ... where he lived for the rest of his life. His most famous book is a coming-of-age tale, a mystery, and a Gothic thriller rolled into one ...

Other books we recommend this week include Dorian Lynskey’s study of the role the apocalypse plays in the cultural ...

Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday. He was 92. Robbins' death was announced ...

The novel will follow Brown's protagonist Robert Langdon as he embarks on a journey to uncover the secrets behind his ...