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Remembering the Complex Moral Fiction of Herman Wouk

The novelist died this week at the age of 103.

A Former Navy SEAL Schools Us on the Art of Resilience

It starts with the "Four Pillars of Mental Toughness"

Author Jayson Greene on Learning to Live After an Unimaginable Loss

How one father turned the sudden loss of his child into a grief-stricken yet hopeful memoir of survival and newfound spirituality

Donald Trump Wanted Part in “The Wolf of Wall Street”, Says Producer

But it couldn't be a walk-on, says Irwin Winkler in new book

The Instruction Book for Landing Apollo 11 Is Up for Auction

The manual contains handwritten notes and lunar dust

Publishers Aren’t Interested in Woody Allen’s Memoir

Prior to #MeToo, the director's manuscript likely would have caused a bidding war

The Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books Set in Chicago

A new book about Mies van der Rohe just hit bookstores

7 Books You Should Read This Month

Smart people read books. We picked out a few new ones for you, a smart person

The Best Movies, TV, Books and Music for May

Welcome back, Springsteen, Howard Stern and "Deadwood"

The Big-Money Market for Literary Real Estate

Why do homes once occupied by the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Norman Mailer and Ray Bradbury fetch so much?

A Lost Sequel to ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Was Just Discovered

The 200 previously unseen pages include Anthony Burgess's thoughts on crime, technology and reactions to the film adaptation

10 Insane Ideas That Made Brilliant Books

From Stephen King to a Seinfeldian book about nothing to a 19th century Eastern European classic

How Mindfulness Became a Multi-Million Dollar Brand

A new book explores the problematic rise of "McMindfulness"

Viewing the Tumult of the Nigerian Military Coup Through the Eyes of a Native Son

Chapter One: Nnamdi Ehirim's "Prince of Monkeys" is a love letter to Africa.

RCL Talks Drugs, Legacy and Woodstock With Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Biographer

A new must-read book exposes and enshrines the '70s supergroup.

Did a Mother Really Plot to Burn Her Special Needs Child to Death?

Chapter One: One town's "Miracle Submarine" blows up lives in this fiery murder-mystery.