The 7 Books You Should Read This August
From a search for faith in the heartland to the debut title from the "voice of a generation," these books are worth picking up
The Year’s Bestselling Debut Novel Is Hiding a Dark History
The success of Delia Owens' first novel has largely obscured her relationship to the decades-old murder in Africa that may have influenced it
Another Tourist Has Died Seeking the “Into the Wild” Bus
River crossing proves fatal on a hazardous trek
6 Thrilling Books About Real-Life Corruption
Where money and power collide, and ethics are nowhere to be found
Revisiting Gore Vidal’s Crime Fiction
How a trio of subversive mystery novels helped reinvent the famed author
Why Raymond Chandler Still Matters
Eighty years after the publication of "The Big Sleep," there must be something about Chandler’s books that transcends their outdatedness
The Great American Beer Novel Is Here, and We Talked to the Guy Who Wrote It
J. Ryan Stradal's "The Lager Queen of Minnesota" is a novel about family, Minnesota and light beer
Haunting Photos Show the Gritty Side of 1970s Tokyo
Images from Greg Girard's "Tokyo-Yokosuka 1976-1983"
Did Playwright Sam Shepard Predict the Future?
Revisiting one writer's take on America in 2019
How Thomas Edison and Henry Ford Created the Modern Road Trip
The American innovators called themselves "the Vagabonds"
Inside One of the Most Spectacular and Dangerous Bank Heists in U.S. History
An excerpt from Peter Houlahan's thrilling new book, "Norco '80"
How M. F. K. Fisher Changed How We Think About Food
Ruth Reichl on the cultural impact of the legendary writer
Adapting “Game of Thrones” in Tapestry Form
Telling the story of 8 seasons across 300 feet
Menswear Lessons From Dapper Dan
The style icon’s memoir is due out on July 9
MAD Magazine to Cease Printing New Material
The long-running humor publication is shifting to an anthology format
Why Did a Walmart Advertisement Feature Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”?
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