By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. Alexander ...

The Great Hippopotamus Hotel,” the 25th installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s mystery series, follows a tried and tested ...

It won the Hugo Award for its anti-colonial message. This book is best for those who enjoy political allegories. The Word for World is Forest is available from publisher MacMillan. Le Guin ...

Tom Hobson’s new book Fun with Biblical Words (Wipf and Stock ... For instance, in both Greek and Hebrew, the same word in either language can mean either “desire” (good or bad), “lust ...

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Ghost coming to a close and Power Book IV: Force preparing for its final season, attention has now turned to the highly ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Encoding information in DNA has long seemed like a promising way to secure data for the long term, but so far it has required an expert touch.

In a new memoir, Al Pacino promises to reveal the person behind the actor. But is he holding something back? In his new novel, the present isn’t much better than the past—and it’s a lot less ...

Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...