South End's new bookstore, Parkside Bookshop, opened near Peters Park on Sept. 2. The owner aims to create a welcoming ...

At the London School of Economics, a few weeks before Christmas, in 1949, the Lionel Robbins seminar was about to begin. The prestigious event was at the razor’s edge of postwar economic thought: ...

Based on the work of Harvard political scientist and author Robert Putnam ... book Soul of the Skagit and selected ...

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, arguably no state became as central to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss as Georgia — the state Joe Biden ...

Whether you accept it as rooted in fact or a purely fictional romp, it’s still very much worth a read for the history-loving mystery buffs among us, as Harvard professor Robert Langdon races across ...

The new book's topics range from cheetah reproduction and the Harvard women's rugby team to the Holocaust. Prefer to listen?

These terrifying tales by the likes of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson are more than good reads: They’ll freak you out, too. By Calum Marsh The memoir, which will cover his time in prison and ...

Bob Woodward doesn’t know which story he wants to tell in his latest presidential chronicle. By A.O. Scott As the Nobel Committee gets ready to admit a new writer into the pantheon, our critic ...

Create a thriving community of readers—and keep meeting attendance high—with these fun and easy tips for starting a book club You’ve just turned the final page of your book. You’ve got all ...

Roland Allen’s “The Notebook” chronicles the vital role notebooks played in the achievements of luminaries like Erasmus, Charles Darwin and Agatha Christie. “Night Flyer,” about Harriet ...

Harvard researchers mapped over 2,000 bais—large clearings in the Congo Basin rainforest—revealing their importance to endangered species like gorillas and elephants. The study found significant ...