Spanning the globe with adventurous writers in exotic locales throughout history.
A pair of Young Adult novels challenge conventional definitions of good looks, confidence, and star power.
The author of The Kite Runner returns with a story of a family separated by war, still connected by hidden threads.
The rise of the Iron Lady, at a suitably epic scale.
The Afghan odyssey of two Pakistani brothers finds fabled beauty amidst modern warfare.
A new look at Lepidoptera fanatics spreads its wings wide.
A modern werewolf novel attempts to give 21st-century terror an additional bite.
A pivotal battle of the American Revolution receives an incisive historian’s focus.
The Irish novelist looks back on a life of trails blazed.
Will the life and writing of a lost American genius receive a posthumous second act?
The minds running Google weigh in on technology's next waves.
Our fascination with dinosaurs is in no danger of extinction.
A feminist takes a probing look at the Mad Men generation.
A multiracial man returns to the African town of his birth, to confront a mystery of poetry and identity.
A look at history through the lens of three "castes" who have competed and collaborated to shape human societies.