Brian Bethune

Must-read fiction and non-fiction picks to sink your teeth into

A new book traces how QAnon’s openness to bizarre, dangerous beliefs has lent it terrifying power

J.B. MacKinnon’s new book makes the case for the world’s citizens to buy a ‘little less stuff’—or else

As the world’s population ages, a new generation will be facing Alzheimer’s. A new book delves into the disease’s toll and what’s needed to quell the effects of the coming wave.

A new book, ’Don’t Call It a Cult,’ delves into the multiple layers to Keith Raniere’s crimes and cruelties and his sex cult’s ugly spin on empowerment

A much-anticipated book delves into the Sackler dynasty’s multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical business and its staggering human cost

Companionship and cuddles are on sale as ’the loneliness economy’ takes off amidst a spike in the rate of isolation

Rich, haunting and provocative, the Nobel Prize-winning author’s eighth novel, ’Klara and the Sun’ is set in a world where artificial intelligence is an ever more potent force

Employees at Penguin Random House Canada speak out on how they’re rethinking their workplaces and why publishing, writ large, should weigh its moral responsibilities

Beloved Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende talks to Brian Bethune about her new book, ’The Soul of a Woman’