Boylan’s “She’s Not There” was the first book by an out transgender American author to reach bestseller status 20 years ago.

My colleagues and I felt this way over the past few months as we undertook the challenging, thrilling task of assembling a list of the great American novels—136 works of fiction that we consider ...

and an American socialite. They all played a part in WWII, and their lives are forever changed by their experiences during this turbulent period of history. I thoroughly enjoyed this book ...

Paul Leicester Ford in the December Atlantic. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article ...

The upstairs-downstairs historical novel is practically a genre in itself. THE HOUSEKEEPER’S SECRET (St. Martin’s, 368 pp., $29), which transports us to the Derbyshire countryside in 1911 ...

The Great American Read was an eight-part series with viewer participation to select America’s favorite novel, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigated ...

In the fall of 2023, C-SPAN partnered with the Library of Congress to produce the series, Books That Shaped America. The series explored key works from American history that have had a major ...

There’s nothing like curling up in the cold weather with a blanket and a good book. But which ... and period films. Half American is a must-read for any history buff or anyone trying to learn ...