There are books that you can read at any age from 18 to 80, and sigh at how beguiling and beautiful and true the stories still are. Then there are other books. Those that you loved at age 20, but will seem shallow and trite by the time you turn 35 and ...

A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"

Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it

When it comes to autism, Grandin argues we're paying too much attention to labels -- and not enough to individuals

When it comes to autism, Grandin argues we're paying too much attention to labels -- and not enough to individuals

The final volume of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series does right by a beloved character

Harmony Korine's latest hews closer to the themes of Fitzgerald's novel than Baz Luhrmann's glitzy adaptation

Abigail Tarttelin is one of those fierce young up-and-coming authors who make anyone *coughcough* who has ever aspired to make a living as a writer of fiction fall into a pit of despondency so deep and so dark that not even Dr Seuss can pull you out. B...

Dan Brown literary efforts have annoyed a lot of people over the years - historians, Catholics, academics, book critics, conspiracy theorists, the list is endless.

Are there such things as "guy books" and "girl books"?

Asked about how his characters refer to women, he names a Clinton and a Kardashian, then can't remember any others

The housing crisis that helped tank the economy started here. As usual, America paid no attention to the Midwest

Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy

Even cupcakes and iPhones control us -- social and technological advances stimulate desires and foster addiction

The new children's book House of Secrets was written by a first-time novelist but there are already predictions that it will be a runaway bestseller.