While the book has some elements of a standard detective potboiler, it takes readers in unexpected directions with lovable ...

This month, if you read just one former “Arrested Development” writer’s comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has shifted gears, make it “Go Gentle.” ...

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David Gemmell's third Rigante book, Ravenheart, takes a surprising turn with a massive time jump that requires an update to the world setting. Gemmell was up to the task.

Tahereh Mafi's Release Me attempts to retain the series' emotional core, though its execution wavers.

In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser.

Jung Yun crafts vivid characters and tension, though an unnecessary final chapter undercuts an otherwise poignant story.

Tell’s grand debut, I’d never come across the word Blodeuwedd, a Welsh word for a mythological flower-faced goddess.

With his latest novel, “The Left and the Lucky,” Willie Vlautin explores a theme rarely seen in literature: the male ...

A fictional take on how cell phones have changed us all and the ways self-focus can lead to a happier existence ...

The latest issue features 10 short stories, 4 narrative essays and 19 poems, including works from a pair of Alaskans.