9+ hour, 14+ min ago  (890+ words) The title of "A Guardian and a Thief" refers to two different characters, but the terms apply to both: A mother named Ma prepares to flee the scorching Indian city of Kolkata with her toddler and father to join her…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (525+ words) Fifty years after its release, WAR's "Why Can't We Be Friends?" still feels less like a song frozen in time and more like a question the world keeps circling back to. When frontman Lonnie Jordan talks about the album today,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1825+ words) The holiday season is the perfect time to get lost in a good mystery or thriller. A particularly well-crafted one can take your mind off the stress that comes with the end of the year, and the books make great…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (564+ words) Q. Please tell readers about your new book, "Only Way Out." Q. What was it like doing a stand-alone novel after working for years on your Gangsterland books? I'm a real evangelist for Daniel Woodrell. His best-known book, "Winter's Bone," is a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (722+ words) Like his previous two novels and short stories, Bryan Washington's fourth book, "Palaver," is set in Houston, where he's from, and/or Japan, where he now lives. The characters are not named " the author says using "mother" and "son" throughout…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (680+ words) Iranian American Daniel Nayeri's "The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story" won for young people's literature and Argentine Gabriela Cabez'n C'mara's "We Are Green and Trembling," translated from Spanish by Robin Myers, was cited for translated literature....

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (320+ words) By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press Chances are good there's a nonfiction book out there to suit just about anybody on your holiday gift list. Imagine, if you will, a world without mobile phones, the internet or The New York Times…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (825+ words) The next British Invasion will be one for the books. Backlisted, the beloved U.K. books podcast launched by John Mitchinson, a longtime publishing figure and former head of research for the British quiz show "QI,and Andy Miller, an author and…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (312+ words) Thomas Schlesser is the author of "Mona's Eyes," which was a No. 1 bestseller in France and has been translated into 37 languages, including Braille. The director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in France, he teaches art history at the Ecole Polytechnique in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1817+ words) Fall is reading season. In the following months, publishers both big and small will release some of their most anticipated titles, perfectly timed for readers who want to dig into a book in a park, their backyard, or a coffeehouse…...