A presidential character in the author's 1998 "Parable of the Talents" was inspired by Ronald Reagan, who used the campaign slogan in 1980.

They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The internet disagrees! Some cover designs are so terrible, so ridiculously nonsensical, that they’re actually entertaining. It’s any person with ...

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By Published If you or members of your book club can’t seem to get through long, heavy reads, we have some options for you: short biographies, essays, histories and other unique works of nonfiction ...

Daniyal Mueenuddin’s new novel shows that living in a highly stratified country damages both the rich and the poor.

In 1976, longtime Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff looked at the state torturing and killing its own citizens under the Shah of Iran.

Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should be—brave, admiring of nature and grace—its ...

The Director’ By Daniel Kehlmann Summit Books, 2025. Garbo to Goebbels, Daniel Kehlmann’s historical novel “The Director” is the story of Austrian film director G.W. Pa ...

The shoe's design is inspired by 1970s-'90s Nike models, muscle cars and Booker's connection to Phoenix. The initial release includes two colorways, "Phoenix" and "Rising," which differ in design, ...

President Trump’s return to office has fueled the grassroots forces that have driven a spike in LGBTQ book bans in recent years, creating a notable chill in the market for queer stories, according to ...

On occasion, what a book club needs most is for one person to tell another person to shut up. That’s when a book club facilitator could help. “When a club wants a facilitator, it’s usually because of ...