The middles of novels are very hard to write, but the middle of stories are where everything changes,’ says the author.

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THE CORRESPONDENT. By Virginia Evans. Crown. 304 pages. $28. I kept asking myself, “Why is this a good book?” It didn’t make sense that I would become immediately captivated by a book comprised only ...

Laurie Hertzel remembers the old building on Portland Avenue in downtown Minneapolis and the space it had carved out just for books. At the time, she was the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s books editor, a ...

Thinking about learning to code? Or maybe you want to get better at Python? There’s this book, the Python Crash Course book, that people seem to really like, especially if you’re looking on Amazon. It ...

So, you’re looking to learn Python, huh? It’s a pretty popular language, and for good reason. It’s used for all sorts of things, from making websites to crunching numbers. Finding the right book can ...

In April of 2023, when I was fresh out of a Ph.D. program in philosophy, I was hired as the nonfiction critic at the newly revived books section of the Washington Post. The shock to my system was ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...

After weeks of rumors about impending layoffs, employees at the Washington Post were informed Wednesday morning that the Jeff Bezos–owned newspaper would be eliminating its books section, Book World, ...

An 11th-century monk mapped pitches onto the human hand when directing his choir—unlocking a new connection between the eye and the ear. Review by Sarah L. Kaufman ...

I almost wound up underlining all of Walter Isaacson’s slim new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. It’s that smart, challenging, personal, humane -- with only 41 pages of text and a few short ...