A new poem from the former Poet Laureate and author of the just-published collection, Horoscopes for the Dead.

Is Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson's The Mighty Walzer the Great English Language Ping-Pong Novel?

In this engaging debut novel, a family's exile from the Soviet Union opens up the possibility for adventure.

A new life of Mahatma Gandhi reveals the power and paradox of one of the century's towering figures.

Tales that travel around the globe and into the depths of the heart.

The "sharp operators, connivers, and mighty strange customers" who nurtured the national pastime.

An unlikely guide to getting ahead in business, from the verbally inventive author of A Void.

The author of Last Night at the Lobster paints a moving portrait of an ordinary woman's endurance.

Is the future of the world's cities at the end of the runway?

The beloved private detective Jackson Brodie returns, with a four-legged assistant.

An editor finds himself behind the counter in this memoir of a family retail experiment.

 What separates a great orator from a tedious windbag? And does it matter?

The pathbreaking chef of Alinea.

When a man is so cut off from the world that even his cellphone snubs him, can he reconnect?

An ancient art of recollection, rediscovered by modern "memory athletes."

A family myth casts a spell over generations.

A drug-smuggling mastermind spills his trade secrets.

In The Tiger's Wife, Téa Obreht follows the trail of a network of myths. Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews.

Poetic justice demands an imperfect husband's shaggy reincarnation in this affecting tale of a girl and her dog.

From the author of House of Sand and Fog, a self-portrait of the novelist as a young tough.

The grand old history of names, narratives, and nations returns in the newest volume in the Penguin History of Europe.

New reissues highlight the visions of indie-film precursors Samuel Fuller and Basil Dearden.