William T. Vollmann’s fascinating, wildly ambitious text interweaves a family saga with a history of the American war machine since Vietnam. By Tom LeClair Workers at a major publishing house have ...

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The expanded museum is promoting its longtime artistic director, Massimiliano Gioni, to help rebuild attendance after a two-year closure while retaining its avant-garde character. By Jason Farago ...

If you consider yourself a fan of high fantasy, I would be willing to bet that there is a good chance you have at least heard the name "Brandon Sanderson" even if you have never read one of his books.

With so many books in the world, reading can be an endlessly expensive hobby. But thanks to the internet and the magic of libraries, there are a ton of ways to read your favorite books for free, from ...

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.