A novelist's defense of paper and pen.

A novel of Germany during the rise of the Nazis -- and banned by Hitler's regime.

Five works of fantastika you might have missed this year.

Three authors of fantasy and science-fiction for young readers take on the future of motherhood.

A biblical miracle is recast as an episode in the story of a long and unusual friendship.

Their father was universally beloved, but growing up Dickens led, more often than not, to hard times.

There was victory in Europe and the Pacific; but the big screen told the story of an anxious nation.

A short list of books that are equal parts entertainment and provocation.

Charles Dickens's beloved characters often harbored terrible secrets.  Their creator was no different.

A Sinatra impersonator enmeshed in a Silicon Valley murder.

A dozen of our personal favorites from a year in reading fiction.

A dozen of our personal favorites from a year in reading nonfiction.

These novels find romance even in the direst circumstances.

The ways in which kitchen tools and techniques affect what and how we eat.

The author of Phantom on Harry Hole's struggle and the crime novel's moral mission.