Children are curious. They ask questions. A few weeks ago a little girl asked me about the “crack” in my chest: the scar from heart valve surgery in 2010. Sometimes it’s difficult to know ...

With all those TV adaptations and expansive lore in mind, here's the best order for reading George R.R. Martin's "Game of ...

Award-winning journalist Ernest Scheyder was in College Station Tuesday night at the George H.W. Bush Library and Museum to ...

Self-help books promise transformation, but do they deliver? The real breakthroughs often happen when your mind wanders and ...

Each week we profile an independent bookstore, discovering what makes each one special and getting their expert book recommendations. After 20 years of dreaming of owning a small bookstore ...

Consider investing in some of the best motivational books to get you back in gear. Whether you’re on the hunt for a new inspirational read to flip through to resurge your motivation or are ...

Only the George Inn now remains in something like its ... I’m aided in my explorations by a remarkable book I discovered a few years back. The Inns of Old Southwark (1888) was written in the ...

A body believed to be that of missing Belfast man John George has been found in Spain. The 37-year-old father-of-two, also known as John Hardy, disappeared while holidaying in Alicante.

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. A thriller, a dystopia, a Gothic novel about a family curse: Genre lovers have options in this week’s recommended books ...

Well, the honeymoon is over in St. George. The state's newest city, with 80,000 or so residents, has had its first major political controversy. Obviously, I'm not counting the yearslong legal ...