Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past. From the glittering ...

Historical novels are a perfect combination of escapism and enrichment. Through these works of fiction, readers can learn about events that have shaped our world and imagine (or reimagine) people who ...

Publishers Weekly recently printed an issue with their best fiction and nonfiction of 2024 by genre. The following are some that seem the most compelling and may make it to ...

Amazon's "Best Books of the Year" list is here. The Top 10 for 2024 include dark thrillers, American classic retellings and ...

It wasn’t until John Grisham’s second novel The Firm caught fire two years later that his first book became a smash hit as ...

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In “Stranger Than Fiction,” Edwin Frank maps a path from Dostoyevsky to Sebald, finding mystical power and surprising ties among 20th-century writers.

That book, “Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century ... get the free Book Pages newsletter With all that profound change, the jacket copy asked a question as pertinent now as ...

Some of the greatest cinematic works are brilliant book-to-movie adaptations, from Apocalypse Now to The Shawshank Redemption ...