A novel of life in the kitchen yields a sumptuous feast for readers.

The history of a building on Manhattan's Lower East Side yields a portrait of immigrant New York in all of its richness. Read more...

Part Raymond Chandler, part Roddy Doyle, crime fiction's rising star takes it into mesmerizing new territory.

The most illuminating interviews with novelists may be the ones they weave into their fictions.

A tale of love's labors in a New York of the near future, from the celebrated comic novelist.

As a new court ruling overturns the rules on TV cussing, a look back at the comic who helped start the debate

A welcome new edition of Oliver Byrne's 1847 Elements of Euclid, a masterpiece of printing and design—and one of oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.

An engaging chronicle of the perils and passions of mathematical genius in the Romantic age.

Tigers escape and elephants fly in this chronicle of a Florida zoo’s days.

A biography of George Price, an enigmatic figure in evolutionary biology—visionary, showman, scientist, gadfly.

Rare books outbid giant redwoods, stock prices soar and dive, and two sisters pursue happiness in a Sense and Sensibility for the digital age.

Beth Raymer offers a Runyonesque memoir of her years working alongside sports bookies and high rollers. Read more...

A collection of designs from the celebrated firm highlights the visual splendor hidden in a scarf's folds.

An ineffectual plot to kill the Kremlin’s viceroy Warsaw provides the impetus for this antic comic novel by a contemporary Polish master. Read more...

The beauty, cruelty, and complexity of life in Zanzibar before the rule of its royalty fell before colonial powers. Read more...

A new novel revisits the elaborately faked set of séances of the famed Fox sisters.

A history of the periodic table romps playfully through the chemistry labs of the past.

A surprisingly expansive tale of ordinary life from the creator of terse tales of mystery and crime.

A cop's-eye-view of Chicago in true stories that channel the restless spirit of Walt Whitman.

Facing personal loss, the prolific novelist turns to the books and authors that have fired her life's work. Read more...

A daughter fights to survive the emotional cyclone of her family's needs.