The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain's Mind

How to Raise the Stakes Without Ruining the Mystery

By Alex Lake | August 12, 2016

5 Beach Reads for the Dog Days of August

5 Beach Reads for the Dog Days of August

Bethanne Patrick's Recommendations for the Last Month of Summer

By Bethanne Patrick | August 11, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Longlists, Anthologies, and the Underground Railroad

Five Books Making News This Week: Longlists, Anthologies, and the Underground Railroad

Deborah Levy, Jesmyn Ward, Colson Whitehead, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | August 11, 2016

Ten Writers Who <em>Did</em> Quit Their Day Jobs

Ten Writers Who Did Quit Their Day Jobs

A Reading List of Former Doctors, Chaplains, Therapists and More

By Bethanne Patrick | August 8, 2016

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for the Dog Days of Summer

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for the Dog Days of Summer

Novels of War, Hollywood, and Cannibal Country

By Otto Penzler | August 5, 2016

Does Fiction Actually Make Us More Empathetic?

Does Fiction Actually Make Us More Empathetic?

On 5 Works that Explore the Connection Between Art and Understanding

By Miguel Conde | August 4, 2016

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18 Books You Should Read This August

By Literary Hub | August 2, 2016

Five Books Making News this Week: Patty Hearst and Potter Mania

By Jane Ciabattari | August 2, 2016

9 Classics of Literary War Porn

By Roy Scranton | August 1, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: Suspense, Sci-Fi, and Single Parents

Five Books Making News This Week: Suspense, Sci-Fi, and Single Parents

Flynn Berry, Agustín de Rojas, Dave Eggers, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | July 26, 2016

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

The Best Books About Books: Part 2

On Works of Criticism by Cynthia Ozick, C.D. Wright, Teju Cole, and More

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 21, 2016

The Grumpy Librarian: For Fans of Canadians and Enemies of Humor

The Grumpy Librarian: For Fans of Canadians and Enemies of Humor

In Which Short Fiction's Beloved Uncle is Left Out in the Cold

By Caitlin Goodman | July 19, 2016

Five Books Making News This Week: D.C., The Internet, and Helen Gurley Brown

Five Books Making News This Week: D.C., The Internet, and Helen Gurley Brown

Jennifer Close, Virginia Heffernan, Brooke Hauser, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | July 19, 2016

10 Classics of Campaign Literature

10 Classics of Campaign Literature

American Politics Has Always Been a Contact Sport

By Ed Simon | July 18, 2016

"Why Not Use This Moment to Celebrate Writers of Color?"

Ben H. Winters on African-American Mystery Writers You Should Read

By Ben H. Winters | July 13, 2016

Five Beach Reads for July, Wherever You Are

Five Beach Reads for July, Wherever You Are

BETHANNE PATRICK RECOMMENDS

By Bethanne Patrick | July 12, 2016

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