Books

A review of Scott Carney’s A Death on Diamond Mountain

Book review: A biography of Michelle Obama traces her mostly happy journey from the south side of Chicago to the White House

The hottest titles in fiction and nonfiction

A preview of the HBO series, plus Brian Bethune’s review of the adult novel by Harry Potter’s plotter

The author joins an epic expedition through Laos in search of the saola, an animal that is ‘as rare as the rarest thing on Earth’

After 20 years and 30 books, the author of the beloved kids’ series thinks he’s done

Like many literary heroes, the March sisters have found a 21st-century audience online

With no ritzy ceremony or celebrity judges, the new Folio Prize is all about finding the world’s best fiction

Shipman presents evidence that seems to push the domestication of dogs back to the era of the Neanderthals’ demise

In their new book, Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli explore how Jobs learned how to overcome his worst tendencies