Books

Signs are increasing that Donald Trump is headed toward the devastating electoral loss that experts expected four years ago. But even if they’re right this time, what does that tell...

Carlisle, 1980 My dad is making sketty for our tea. And I am helping, because I’m seven years old and nothing goes on in this house that I don’t have...

I have spent a lot of time in libraries in my day. But not one like this. That’s because New York City’s newest library, in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn,...

BATTLEGROUNDS The Fight to Defend the Free World By H. R. McMaster On his first morning as President Trump’s national security adviser, in 2017, H. R. McMaster invited me to...

“In plainer terms,” says the author of the new novel “Inside Story” and many other books, “we read literature to have a good time.” What books are on your night...

Defeating monsters is what horror fiction does best. By creating stories about the beasts that terrify us — demons and tyrants, killers and bullies and ghosts — horror writers lead...

MAYORAL FEAT In April, while the average stir-crazy citizen was binge-watching “Tiger King,” Pete Buttigieg took a different tack: He started writing a book. First, the former presidential candidate and...

A WORLD BENEATH THE SANDS The Golden Age of Egyptology By Toby Wilkinson No civilization has visited itself upon the Western imagination as powerfully as that of ancient Egypt. With...

Two years ago, at what seemed to be the pinnacle of her 25 years in publishing, Molly Stern’s career came to an abrupt halt. As publisher of Crown, Ms. Stern...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. CMG 1.35% reported its largest-ever quarterly sales as online orders helped offset lost restaurant traffic during the coronavirus pandemic, though the shift created costs that are...