Two new books delve into our primal desire to feel valued and worthy of attention. By Jennifer Szalai In “The Oak and the Larch,” Sophie Pinkham examines a vast history and culture through the ...

There have been some hints of it in 'House of the Dragon' and 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.' Sumi Eno's dystopian fantasy manga is a criminally underrated hidden gem that's writing circles around ...

In “Hated by All the Right People,” the journalist Jason Zengerle looks at the conservative pundit’s many transformations. By Jennifer Burns In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British ...