Historian Kills Himself at Notre Dame

May 21, 2013 2:26 PM EDT

After anti–gay marriage rant. MORE

Animal Planet

by Melissa Holbrook Pierson May 21, 2013 12:22 PM EDT

Why do we use enormous resources to save some species and let others die?... MORE

Khaled Hosseini’s Book Bag

by Khaled Hosseini May 21, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

The author of ‘The Kite Runner’ picks his favorite short-story collections.... MORE

Dear Abby For Down Under

by The Daily Beast May 21, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

A new book traces the remarkable life and retro advice—including how to stay happily married—of a... MORE

Gatsby in Chengdu

by Matt Lombardi May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

What can F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel tell us about present-day China?... MORE

Reviewing the Reviewers

by Ben Greenman May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Ben Greenman critiques the practice of criticism—and admits to having written reviews about books... MORE

Fact-Checking ‘Inferno’

by Noah Charney May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Noah Charney finds 10 mistakes and oversimplifications in Dan Brown’s new book ‘Inferno.’ MORE

The Essential Balzac

by Ronald K. Fried May 20, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

On the French writer’s birthday, Ronald Fried picks three of his best novels that speak to the... MORE

The Brainteaser

by Jonathan Weiner May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Is the brain no different from a light switch?... MORE

A League of Their Own

by Nicholas Mancusi May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Can baseball still define an America that’s in decline rather than rocketing to the top?... MORE

The Christian Iconoclast

by Joshua DuBois May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Joshua DuBois talks with author Donald Miller on the struggle to find meaning in life—and why we... MORE

Rumsfeld, Advice Giver

by Dean Obeidallah May 19, 2013 4:45 AM EDT

Comedian Dean Obeidallah reviews the former secretary of defense’s new book of rules. MORE