The common thread is the reading pleasure promised, and delivered. Novels of historical context, of futuristic speculation, and of societal fantasy/magic, make up the trio of books reviewed today. The ...

The result was “Dutch Double,” published in 2006. It’s a time-travel story aimed at young children, and follows the exploits ...

Allegra Goodman’s novel follows a pampered 16th-century orphan tested by a number of catastrophes.

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These novels shift seamlessly between historical fiction, speculative narrative, and intimate human drama, transcending ...

This month, check out new historical fiction by Pam Jenoff and a horror novel with an adaptation already in the works.

Rebecca West’s short factual book on William Joyce, better known as the pro-Hitler propagandist Lord Haw-Haw, first appeared in 1947, and has been resurrected by McNally editions in time for the 80th ...

This week there are three very different works of fiction and there’s also a memoir from the eldest daughter of a god-help-us ...

The Irish novelist on taking instruction from Vincent Browne, finding his way in fiction as a young man and coming to ...

Dubliners with a finished manuscript and the dream of becoming a writer can submit their ideas to Date With An Agent online form as part of the International Literature Festival ...

Whether you’re traveling on a long flight or road trip, getting in those 10,000 steps or just have a full day ahead of ...