Alex Heimbach

So many novels are published each year that most of them ago completely unnoticed. Once in a while, a book makes a stir: perhaps it sold for an exceptionally large amount of money or is already being turned into a movie. Very rarely is a book truly…

Everyone loves the idea of photobooths (so much so that Apple invented a digital version), but they've traditionally been dominated by PDA-loving couples and teenaged BFFs. But no longer: the photobooth is now the domain of dogs, thanks to…

The future is currently looking pretty bleak. Global warming remains an ever-present threat. The Kardashians are apparently America's first family. Syria has essentially collapsed and is threatening to take the rest of the Middle East with it. The…

You've probably heard by now that on Thursday, Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, sparking the usual flood of confusion and congratulations. With no shortlist released and no major limitations on who…

Martin has a new book out today. The bad news: it's not the long awaited sixth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire, Winds of Winter, which still has no set release date. Instead, the new book is a collection of three prequel novellas entitled A…

The very first author I ever went to see read was Phillip Pullman. He was touring in support of The Amber Spyglass, the final His Dark Materials novel, which I had been desperately awaiting after the cliffhanger ending of The Subtle Knife. (I…

It's always exciting when a feminist icon published a new book, but what is Gloria Steinem's new book about? Apparently, My Life on the Road , due out October 27 from Random House, will be "a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and…

This week, readers all over the U.S. are celebrating Banned Books Week by — surprise! — reading banned books. If you’re not already among them, well, you should be. Many of our greatest works of literature have been banned at one point or another,…

Harry Potter fans have entertained a lot of hypotheticals over the years — including whether Hermione should have ended up with Harry, whether the wrong Weasley twin died, and whether it's possible to create butterbeer for real — but here's a new…

Isabel Allende is a consummate storyteller. By her own admission, she tends to turn everything into a story — she even claims to have married her second husband in order to claim his life story for a book. (It’s called The Infinite Plan, and they’re…

In response to a recent survey about the depressing state of diversity in the publishing industry, the British Greeenacre Writers group declared today Diverse Author Day to spotlight a wider range of voices than you usually see in the New York Times…

Occasionally, I forget why I love reading so much and my book consumption drops precipitously, until I come across a book that jolts me out of my funk. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was one of those: it’s so immensely, transparently…

You know that feeling when you move into a new apartment and — horror of horrors — there's not enough room for your bookshelf? Or what about when you fit that very last book on the very top shelf and are faced with the question of where you'll put…

One of your favorite comediennes is having a pretty fantastic week: Amy Schumer just got a book deal along with snagging an Emmy. Details, like which publisher won the auction, are scarce, but whoever it was apparently paid around $8 to 10 million…

Margaret Atwood is a badass. If you find this statement controversial, might I refer you to her classic novels, her hilarious Twitter account, or her impassioned activism? If you're still not convinced, well, what about the fact she pioneered a…

Princess stories have long been the bane of feminist parents everywhere, and now one Argentine author is determined to provide an alternative. Fed up with children's stories that reinforce traditional gender roles, Nadia Fink decided to create…

One Tokyo bookshop has taken decluttering to its logical extreme: the Japanese bookstore sells only one book at a time. Morioka Shoten Ginza espouses the philosophy of "Issatsu, Isshitsu," which translates as "A Single Room, A Single Book." The…

If you've been to Chipotle recently (which, who am I kidding, of course you have), you've probably noticed the writing scrawled all over the burrito restaurant's bags and cups. In case you've already exhausted the current offerings, Chipotle is…

Although the debate over whether it's appropriate for adults to read YA novels still ostensibly continues (why, why, why?!), the truth is that no one who reads YA really cares what the naysayers think. Sure, there are plenty of terrible YA novels,…