There are no beggars nor belligerent rugger-types. They must keep their foibles folded away, in their suitcase in the hold.

Published 200 years ago, ‘The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner’ depicts a sibling rivalry in formally ...

Through its art, music, cultural norms or culinary traditions, the soul of a nation expresses itself in countless ways. Here ...

The former president writes about his life after leaving office, when he was determined to "live in the present and for the ...

After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

John Singer Sargent made his name as the preeminent portrait of Edwardian England’s wealthy. The Wertheimer family took a ...

Author David Baldacci is best known for his Memory Man police thrillers. But he is back with a legal thriller putting him in ...

Mr Rosenberg’s novel does not have the high literary merit of Amis’s, but it is a clever reimagining of a tumultuous period ...

“The Killer Inside Me,” published in 1952, is his best-known novel. Its narrator is Lou Ford, a 29-year-old Texas sheriff who pretends to be a bland and boring rube but ends up committing every murder ...

If you loved the "Dune" movie starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, try reading the books next. There's plenty of "Dune" ...

In “Hardy Women,” biographer Paula Byrne explores how women — many of them — influenced the author of “Jude the Obscure” and ...

Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.