What Can Daniel Defoe’s “Plague Year” Teach Us About Coronavirus?
A novel written in 1722 offers a surprisingly relevant blueprint to navigating a 2020 pandemic
How "NBA Jam" Influenced Steph Curry's Game
Ben Cohen explains in his new book "The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks"
Was Natalie Wood Murdered?
A new biography claims that her death was no accident
In the Book World, Fictional Epidemics Are All the Rage
Including one 1981 Dean Koontz novel with some eerie parallels
Inside the Treatment of Jordan Peterson
A complex situation involving a polarizing writer
Why You Should Be Reading Charles Willeford
A new film adaptation of one of his best novels is the perfect time to get into this cult writer
Hachette Drops Woody Allen's Memoir
"Apropos of Nothing" will no longer be published in April
Why Oprah’s Book Club Dropped ‘My Dark Vanessa’ as Its March Pick
The move follows the earlier backlash the Club received for its January pick, 'American Dirt'
Woody Allen to Release Memoir in April
"Apropos of Nothing" is due out on April 7
The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for March
To start, Alex Garland’s “Devs” is a stunningly bleak vision of our tech-saturated future
The 8 New Books You Should Be Reading this March
A famous food critic, a Ponzi scheme, the return of a National Book Award winner and more
Inside the Campaign to Get Thomas Pynchon to Endorse a Presidential Candidate
The Crying of Lot 49? More like The Voting of Lot 49, if you know what we mean.
How Teddy Wayne’s Fiction Dissects Toxic Masculinity
His new novel "Apartment" searches for the '90s roots of 2020's issues
Will China, India or the U.S. Become Soccer's Next Global Power?
America has been trying to up its game for years, but it has competition
Behind the True Crime Story That Inspired "A Place in the Sun"
Over a century before the true-crime boom, People v. Gillette attracted the nation's attention
Amazon Criticized by Auschwitz Memorial for "Hunters" Historical Inaccuracy
Amazon also critiqued for selling books by fascists