Books
Vladimir Nabokov’s Butterfly Drawings Take Flight in This New Book
A little-known fact: The author of “Lolita” was also an avid lepidopterist
These Are America’s Most Well-Read Cities
Did your bookish burg make Amazon.com's list?
Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
Everywhere that Sarah Josepha Hale went, success was sure to go
The Forgotten Dust Bowl Novel That Rivaled "The Grapes of Wrath"
Sanora Babb wrote about a family devastated by the Dust Bowl, but she lost her shot at stardom when John Steinbeck beat her to the punch
Siddhartha Mukherjee Follows Up Biography of Cancer With “An Intimate History” of Genetics
The Pulitzer Prize winner calls his latest not a sequel, but a prequel to his bestseller
The Unlikely, Charming Designer Who Is Changing the Face of Gardening
With weeds, critters and Celtic symbols, Mary Reynolds is transforming what it means to garden
The Unhurried World of Pre-War Vienna
Author Stefan Zweig, who inspired Wes Anderson's <i>The Grand Budapest Hotel</i>, recalls Austria at the dawn of the 20th century
This Latin Thesaurus Has Been in Progress Since 1894
Scholars are still working on the letter "N"
If Grit Breeds Success, How Can I Get Grittier?
University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth talks about her new book and the importance of the personal quality
A Brief History of Taking Books Along for the Ride
Have books, will travel
Celebrate National Salad Month with Rare and Historic Books that Include Your Favorite Leafy Greens
A Smithsonian librarian journeys through history and time on a quest to explore salads throughout antiquity
Five Things to Know About the Diamond Sutra, the World’s Oldest Dated Printed Book
Printed over 1,100 years ago, a Chinese copy of the Diamond Sutra at the British Library is one of the most intriguing documents in the world
Traveling to the Danube? Here's What You Should Read, Watch and Download
Know before you go
Build Your Own Library at the First-Ever Little Library Festival
The book-sharing stations have popped up all across the United States
Exclusive: Read Harper Lee’s Profile of 'In Cold Blood' Detective Al Dewey That Hasn’t Been Seen in More Than 50 Years
Reprinted here for the first time, the article was published five years before Truman Capote’s best-selling book
Biographer Uncovers Unsigned Feature Article by Harper Lee
The 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author published a profile of a Kansas investigator in an FBI magazine while helping Truman Capote research 'In Cold Blood'
For the First Time, See Two Early Medieval Books Written By Women On Display Together
The manuscripts detail the authors' experiences
Your Questions for Astronaut Tom Jones, Answered
Just a sampling of what we can learn from those who have been to space
Who Really Wrote "Citizen Kane"?
Two new books offer divergent theories on the authorship of the much-heralded film
Fashion Photographer Klaus Mitteldorf Captures the Chaos of Modern Identity
These images evoke a world of endless distraction
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