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Discover: Scandinavian Murder…
What is it about Scandinavia that inspires so many tales of murder? Actua… more »
Interview: Adam Mansbach
I first met Adam Mansbach in college. We were DJs together, sharing a lov… more »
My Life In Philly Soul
I was born into the Sound of Philadelphia family in 1974. My father, Larr… more »
Herman Koch, The Dinner…
Don’t read this review before listening to Herman Koch’s nove… more »
Youthful Fumblings: A Pre-Sex…
The late great British poet Philip Larkin once wrote: “Sexual inter… more »
Libba Bray, The Diviners…
In this eponymous first installment of her new The Diviners series, YA fa… more »
Continuing Education
For many of us, autumn brings back vivid sense memories: the smell of fre… more »
Margaret Atwood, In Other Wor…
A peek into the creative landscape of one of our greatest writers Margare… more »
Donna Tartt, The Little Frien…
Twelve-year-old Harriet Dufresnes is about to have an intense summer. Obs… more »
Ruth Rendell, Some Lie and So…
It’s hard to decide what’s more fun in Some Lie and Some Die,… more »
Tana French, The Likeness…
Dublin is one of the great literary cities, so it is surprising that rela… more »
Henning Mankell, The Troubled…
For those of us who have followed Kurt Wallander, Sweden’s most mor… more »
Alexander McCall Smith, The N…
McCall Smith’s novels have become something of a cottage industry (… more »
John Burdett, Bangkok 8…
The first volume in Burdett’s quartet about municipal detective Son… more »
International Mysteries
High summer. The best time of year for traveling to foreign lands —… more »
Jo Nesbo, The Snowman…
Oslo’s most tortured detective solves a gruesome crime The Snowman … more »
Charles Bradley, No Time for …
Before CDs, before the Internet, soul music freaks had to rely on serendi… more »
Charles Bradley, No Time for …
Before CDs, before the Internet, soul music freaks had to rely on serendi… more »
Rosanne Cash
Fans of Cash family music and lore may be surprised that Rosanne Cash… more »
Queer Books
Those who have been ignored within the dominant cultural narrative must c… more »
Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-2…
The next best thing to raising a glass or two with the famous gadfly hims… more »
Six Degrees of Pride and Prej…
No book is a perfectly self-contained artifact. Books are more permeable … more »
Tainted Love: An Anti-Valenti…
Valentine’s Day is the worst. If you’re single, forget it. Ev… more »
Henning Mankell, The Man from…
A creepy Swedish whodunit that explores globalism, the results of youthfu… more »

