With the sudden departure of yet another CEO, the bookstore chain is facing existential questions.

How Leslie Jamison rejected the link between creativity and alcoholism

How Hollywood tried to fight fascism and ended up blacklisting suspected Communists.

The craze for audio storytelling may be the company's best way to compete with traditional publishers when it comes to creating original content.

The partisan world of Pablo Neruda

Allison Yarrow’s new book traces a decade of setbacks for women.

How U.S. immigration policy uprooted Chinese American communities—with effects that are still felt today.

Long a silent presence in American life, class is now sharply felt in upheavals and displacement across the country.

A new book gives the spotlight to the filmmaker’s often overlooked collaborators.

An interview with Trevor Phillips about the UK's treatment of the "Windrush generation"—from the generous to the scandalous.

Music and math have always been linked, a new book explains.

Zora Neale Hurston’s drive to tell the story of the slave trade’s last survivor

A new book explores the history of splitting up—and why it’s harder for women.

In 'Kudos,' the novelist meditates on justice, the stories people tell themselves, and the difference between the two.

How the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories fought for—and ultimately turned against—a man wrongfully convicted

Set in postwar London, “Warlight” illuminates a hidden world of endless conflict.

A spoiler-filled review of 'The President Is Missing,' a fun, overlong novel that rips from the headlines while being out of step with the times.

The bold, vivid worlds of Rachel Kushner’s novels