Cover story
The freedom of a few gray hairs
Anna Quindlen has taken on a lot of hot topics as an editorial writer, first at the New York Times and later at Newsweek: war, politics, abortion, religion. And she has tackled some of the most pressing issues of our time in her best-selling novels: domestic violence, feminism, terminal illness. But never has she been more introspective and candid than in her new collection of essays on growing older.
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Interviews
Don't break habits, transform them
In his breakthrough bestseller, The Power of Habit, New...
No fairy tale ending for the Seven Kingdoms
Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue is a big book in every...
What lies beneath
A decaying English country house holds menace and mystery in...
Drawing a novel from a seatmate's story
The writer Edmund White once told Nell Freudenberger it takes maybe 15 or 20...
Features
Experiences only a mother could love
Motherhood wreaks havoc on your body, your brain cells and your wallet...
What to do after the tassels are turned
Ah, graduation. So much excitement, so much to think about! Whether the grad...
Columns
Author Enablers
Practical advice on writing & publishing for aspiring authors
TIPS FOR SELF-PUBLISHING
Dear Author Enablers,...
Cooking
Savoring the seasons
Food writer and recipe developer Ian Knauer spends his weekdays in New York...
Lifestyles
Science has the answers
Brain Trust: 93 Top Scientists Reveal Lab-Tested Secrets to Surfing...
Well Read
The final word from an admired American woman
Anne Morrow Lindbergh enjoys a unique place in American letters, known...
Whodunit
A corpse in the Venetian canals
The redoubtable Commissario Guido Brunetti returns for his 21st adventure in...
Reviews
Fiction
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Fiction
Making the personal universal
The title of John Irving’s latest novel is a declaration of its...More -
Fiction
If hallowed halls could talk
Previously known for her narrative nonfiction book Inheriting the Holy...More -
Fiction
Toni Morrison returns with darkness and light
Toni Morrison has more than 15 literary awards to her name, including both a...More -
Fiction
Losing oneself in the descent
Caribou Island author David Vann continues to explore flaws and...More -
Historical Fiction
Secrets in the pre-WWI English countryside
There is an air of faded gentility hovering around Sterne, the old manor...More -
Women's Fiction
A makeover goes more than skin-deep
When Alice Randall’s latest novel opens, Ada Howard weighs more than...More -
Suspense
A mother's great sacrifice
Grace and Mike Covey are living a charmed life in contemporary London—...More -
Fiction
Trigiani's grandparents inspire story of destiny
Adriana Trigiani’s latest novel, The Shoemaker’s Wife...More -
Historical Fiction
A mix of WWII fact and fiction
In his new novel, Trapeze, Simon Mawer explores the secret...More
Nonfiction
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True Crime
Murder in a city on the edge
To take the approach of a pitch for a Hollywood movie: Midnight in...More -
Memoir
The transformation of crossing borders
Why do we fall in love with people we barely know?In her humorous and...More -
Society
Our personal lives for hire
As Americans struggle to survive and prosper in today’s shifting and...More -
Memoir
Searching for a mother through images
Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir about her mother is not, immediately,...More -
Biography
Frozen food's eccentric genius
Yes, Virginia, there really was a man named Birdseye behind the Birds Eye...More -
Diet & Health
Tending a garden of the sick
As the 2010 Affordable Care Act marks its second anniversary this spring,...More -
Biography
A close-up on the Kennedys
We Americans have long been privy to the peaks and valleys in the Kennedy...More -
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Society
The call for a transportation revolution
In America, the car has long been associated with freedom: the open road,...More -
Memoir
The city of lights, love and hate
When Rosecrans Baldwin, author of the critically acclaimed novel...More
Children's
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Ages 9-12
Seeking truth in a Florida swamp
Bones has everything she needs to be happy. It’s 1949 and 10-year-old...More -
Ages 4-8
Coming home with the cows
With the ease of buying milk at the grocery store today, many children now...More -
Ages 9-12
A family ghost story
Twelve-year-old Mary O’Hara does not expect to meet the strange, old-...More -
Ages 9-12
A Southern sleuth to warm hearts
In the town of Tupelo Landing (pop. 148) on the eastern shore of North...More -
Ages 9-12
A second chance in the suburbs
Be careful who you get close to—you never know how long they’ll...More -
Young Adult
An odd girl's unusual adventure
Lena’s hands have a third knuckle and her feet are too long. Her...More -
Young Adult
Friendship on the front lines
Dystopia, fantasy and science fiction crowd the YA shelves these days, but...More -
Young Adult
Finding strength in the killing fields
Books about genocide usually prompt images of the Holocaust, but in ...More -
Young Adult
A not-too-distant war zone
Paolo Bacigalupi’s debut YA novel (and Printz Award winner)...More
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