Books

BRUSSELS — Belgium is reaching peak surrealism. A man who has spent his entire political career trying to break up the country is now on track to become its prime...

“Have you any experience with patients who suddenly understood something,” writes Jenny Slate in her new essay collection, Lifeform (Little, Brown), “and then even though they had other things to...

Usually, a sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time would be carefully concocted in a Hollywood boardroom to maximize four-quadrant potential. John Jackson Miller wrote his continuation...

Running a bookstore is a tough business anywhere in today’s digital world — running one that sells books critical of the Chinese Communist Party even more so. Lam Wing-kee, who...

In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an influential book called The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Taleb argued that Black Swan events (e.g., 9/11 or the development...

Tracker seems like the Platonic ideal of a CBS procedural in the 2020s: An appealing, well-known star whose character’s backstory that can be explored in the moments between cases of...

Since I became a mother, my Instagram has been filled with ads for family-friendly hotels and vacations. But, it turned out to be more challenging than I expected to find...

The Apple One subscription has been available for a few years now. By combining several Apple services in a bundle, users can gain access to iCloud+, Apple Music, Apple TV+,...

The fall of 2024 will see scores of new book releases coming a store or library shelf near you.  While borrowing from the library can be a great money saver,...

“Throughout my life, I have witnessed many extraordinary events and have met incredible people,” Melania Trump writes in her Author’s Note to Melania, preparing her readers for the platitude-ridden tale...