Simon & Schuster tells authors to stop soliciting endorsements. I think the practice is still worthwhile.

He gained a cult following through novels that married zany, acid-tinged humor with philosophical inquiry and literary zest.

Kat Stayman-London was a political strategist and writer before becoming a novelist. Stayman-London’s most recent novel, “Fang Fiction,” released in late 2024, is a funny take on vampires as well as a ...

Here’s the blurb for Channel 4’s Go Back To Where You Came From: “Six opinionated Brits experience refugee life up close in ...

M any great thriller books hit shelves in 2024, but Stephen King's praise for one, in particular, serves as a compelling ...

A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong anchor Burke’s new book, “The Note.” It started with real life. The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his ...

What will happen when she goes home to face her life? July’s moving, very funny book is at once buoyant about the possibilities of starting over and clear-eyed about its costs. A young couple ...

If you’d rather skip the grind, you can purchase the Queen of Sauce Cookbook. Local animal-lover and rancher Marnie is a great friend to have in Stardew Valley. Here's how players can win her over.

I remember the hardcover copy I first owned had blurbs on the cover, and my feeling of indignation that one reviewer had described this as “a very funny book.” It wasn’t funny! It was terrif ...

DW: When I write a book, I think I want the child who is reading it to take away something that will make him think. Because it’s a funny book, it doesn’t mean you can’t deal with serious ...

Think of chicken Marbella from the 1982 “Silver Palate Cookbook,” which eventually became one of the decade’s “it” dishes. Your mom may have heard about it from a friend or tried it at a ...

Famous for his iconoclastic 1970s and 1980s comedies Les Valseuses, Tenue de soirée and Buffet froid, Blier died “peacefully at home in Paris, surrounded by his wife and children,” his son ...