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Revisit the 1980s Cola Wars in This Excerpt From Paul Crenshaw’s “Melt With Me”

Politics and soft drinks can collide in ways you'd never expect

How Bold Fork Books Became a Literary Destination

The shop offers a wide selection of cooking, baking and beverage-making books

How Sandra Newman Brilliantly Reenvisioned “1984”

The acclaimed author’s new book “Julia” is an officially sanctioned retelling of George Orwell’s dystopian classic

Inside the Hunt for the World’s Most Prolific Art Thief

Stephane Breitwieser is believed to have stolen hundreds of artifacts, worth a total of $2 billion

Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and John Burroughs Were Road Trip Pioneers

An interview with Wes Davis, author of “American Journey”

A New Biography Explores the Contradictory, Influential Life of Lou Reed

Will Hermes discussed his book about a musical legend

Salman Rushdie's Next Book Will Revisit His Attempted Murder

"Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" is scheduled for release on April 16, 2024

Excerpt: Remembering Frazier vs. Ali in the “Fight Of The Century”

The epic bout is covered in "The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America"

A Father and Daughter Tackle Mental Health With an Important New Comic Series

Writer Ethan Sacks explains how "A Haunted Girl" came to be

How an International Con Artist Defrauded People for Decades

Yepoka Yeebo on her new book “Anansi’s Gold”

Bill Gates’s Early Foray Into AI Is Rather Underwhelming

The man who called AI "revolutionary" just launched a chatbot that can recommend movies, books and podcasts

“The Black Angels” Unlocks a Historic Medical Mystery

Maria Smilios’s new book describes the path towards curing tuberculosis

The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This October

Ideal Halloween fare, a music legend's memoir and much more

"The Wheel of Time" Has Done the Impossible

After a cringe-inducing first season for this big-budget fantasy epic, the second feels like an entirely new (and finally binge-worthy) show

The Life of the Founder of “High Times” Was Even Stranger Than You Think

An interview with “Agents of Chaos” author Sean Howe