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A sinister spring: Five mysteries for the new season
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (515+ words) By Yvonne Zipp, Contributor Ah, the perfect murder. It’s the quest that keeps mystery writers plotting and readers turning pages. Our spring roundup offers five novels designed to keep you guessing, including many homages to the Queen of Crime herself,…...
‘The Book of Birds’ illustrates a world of wonder
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (356+ words) June 09, 2026, 5:05 p.m. ET Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, the British writer and illustrator who teamed up to create 2017’s delightful children’s picture book “The Lost Words” are back with “The Book of Birds,” another beautiful, eminently giftable, clarion call to pay…...
A soothsaying servant girl, an unstable king, and the modern-day scholars on their trail
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (197+ words) April 14, 2026, 5:32 p.m. ET In Tudor England, women had little say over their lives. They could acquiesce to an arranged marriage, or become a nun. Still, some women found ways – then as now – to exert influence and power in religious, academic, and…...
March reading madness: Ring in spring with the season’s best books
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (453+ words) These are the fiction titles our reviewers liked best this month. Son of Nobody, by Yann Martel Our reviewers’ March picks travel the globe and beyond, from stories about women in India blazing new trails and Eritrean immigrants following their…...
Shake off the chill with the best books of February
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (387+ words) These are the fiction titles our reviewers liked best this month. Mule Boy, by Andrew Krivak Ondro Prach, the 13-year-old sole survivor of a mine collapse in Pennsylvania’s Blue Mountain hills, mulls his life’s many imprisonments – guilt, fear, regret – in…...
August’s best books keep you on the edge of your seat
3+ week, 1+ day ago (258+ words) Aug. 21, 2026, 10:44 a.m. ET Children of Wolves, by Lawrence Osborne (Simon & Schuster/Summit Books) Lawrence Osborne’s fiction revolves around travelers losing their way in foreign lands. In his latest novel, an American private investigator gets out of his depth while on an…...
Maggie O’Farrell digs into her ancestral Irish roots in ‘Land’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (239+ words) “Land,” by Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, 400 pp. By Heller McAlpin, Contributor Writing her memoir seems to have unleashed O’Farrell. Three extraordinary historical novels have followed: “Hamnet,” “The Marriage Portrait,” and her latest, “Land.” All are packed with enough drama, misfortune, devotion,…...
Astute ‘Transcription’ asks readers, ‘Do you copy?’
4+ mon, 17+ hour ago (375+ words) May 12, 2026, 12:24 p.m. ET Smartphones, laptops, tablets – modern technology has become ubiquitous in our daily lives. But do these devices intrude upon personal relationships, or do they provide opportunities to connect? Does the easy availability of recording ensure accuracy, or does it…...
‘No-spice’ romance novels trade steamy scenes for courtship, love, and respect
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (461+ words) Feb. 09, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET “There are some elements in romance that are really comforting and reassuring to people,” says Ms. Kanter. Readers – predominantly women – are no longer embarrassed to admit to reading love stories. Yet some are abashed at the steamy scenes…...
A smorgasbord of books enlivens the 10 best of December
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (517+ words) Dec. 16, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET Aisha Hassan’s novel follows Lalloo, a kindhearted 20-year-old scraping by in Lahore, Pakistan, as a driver for a wealthy clan. His goal is simple and, readers soon learn, nigh impossible: to save enough money to free his family…...