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