In Bernhard Schlink’s novel, the bond between a grandfather and granddaughter is shadowed by delusions from the past.

In “Embers of the Hands,” the historian Eleanor Barraclough looks beyond the soap-opera sagas to those lost in the cracks of history.

By Amanda Hess The Books Readers Loved in 2024 Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world. A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender ...

Michael Sears’ financial thriller “Love the Stranger” is the second novel featuring attorney Ted Malloy, whose business with ...

The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery and Murder' is as suspenseful and dire as the Disney movie is idyllic.

The Old Guard' star Luca Marinelli plays Mussolini in the eight-parter, about which the director says: "The rise of the far-right was a strong reason for wanting to do this particular story right now.

A brave and timely memoir that describes Lucy Sante's life and the struggle to be true to herself, and her decision - at age 66 - to announce that she was transgender.

In this novel inspired by “King Lear,” three estranged, queer sisters are forced together after the death of their father. But any chance at reconciliation is ruined by a secret revealed in ...

Kate Kennedy tells the tales of 4 cellists and their missing instruments in her new book, "Cello." She talks about them with NPR's Daniel Estrin, who's also a cellist.

Perle Mesta’s affable personality and compulsive party-throwing are remembered in Meryl Gordon’s new biography, “The Woman Who Knew Everyone.” Lily Tuck’s “The Rest Is Memory” is ...

The first Lehane movie was 2003's "Mystic River," directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie created quite a buzz, getting six ...

Why are women so enchanted by these novels? A subgenre of literature — a crossroads of “romance” and “fantasy” dubbed “romantasy” — has soared in popularity on social media ...