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6 Novels Inspired by Real-Life Heists

From stolen priceless works of art to infamous train robberies, novelists can always find inspiration in true crime

The New Books You Should Read This Month

Florida gothic, 19th New York City's shadiest character and the history of fast food are the subjects of a few of our June book picks

The First Look at the Film Adaptation of Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”

John Crowley is directing the movie version of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel

Chris Kattan Says Lorne Michaels Pressured Him to Have Sex with Amy Heckerling

The former SNL star's new book is called "Baby, Don’t Hurt Me"

Excerpt: How Hemingway Liberated the Ritz Hotel Bar From the Nazis

An excerpt from "Ernesto: The Untold Story of Hemingway in Revolutionary Cuba"

Are University Libraries Being Underutilized?

Unsettling statistics on student and faculty usage

A Memorial Day Reading List: Novels About Soldiers

The lives of soldiers have inspired writers for centuries, and it isn’t hard to see why

Bill Gates Drops His Summer Reading List

Don't expect to find crime dramas or fantasy adventures on this list

What Did James Bond’s Creator Really Drink?

A new cocktail book from Ian Fleming’s estate goes beyond “shaken, not stirred”

Secrets of the Man Who Created Hannibal Lecter

Thomas Harris on His New Novel, Distressed Animals, and More.

Remembering the Complex Moral Fiction of Herman Wouk

The novelist died this week at the age of 103.

A Former Navy SEAL Schools Us on the Art of Resilience

It starts with the "Four Pillars of Mental Toughness"

Author Jayson Greene on Learning to Live After an Unimaginable Loss

How one father turned the sudden loss of his child into a grief-stricken yet hopeful memoir of survival and newfound spirituality

Donald Trump Wanted Part in “The Wolf of Wall Street”, Says Producer

But it couldn't be a walk-on, says Irwin Winkler in new book

The Instruction Book for Landing Apollo 11 Is Up for Auction

The manual contains handwritten notes and lunar dust

Publishers Aren’t Interested in Woody Allen’s Memoir

Prior to #MeToo, the director's manuscript likely would have caused a bidding war