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Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and ...

In Julie Flett’s “Let’s Go! haw êkwa!” and Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille’s “Kende! Kende! Kende!” going is just the ...

It is perhaps the most relaxing thing that I’ve ever done,” says the actress, whose new book of essays is “Lifeform.” She ...

Peter Brown’s obsession with the abandoned railway that became the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild ...

Amal El-Mohtar is the Book Review’s science fiction and fantasy columnist. She is a Hugo Award-winning writer and the ...

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

In his novel “States of Emergency,” Chris Knapp doesn’t just tighten the distance between our inner lives and the world ...

Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares ...

By Dave Kim In a new biography, Peter Ames Carlin chronicles ... from cultures around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this short ...

Mirandi Babitz and the Huntington Library In a new biography, Peter Ames Carlin ... around the globe can are celebrated in popular books for young readers. Test your knowledge of them with this ...

By Alec Nevala-Lee Our columnist takes a look at recent books by Sofia ... With her new book, “Children of Anguish and Anarchy,” Adeyemi is wrapping up her best-selling Legacy of Orïsha ...