First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic ’s Books section: ...

The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for ...

Ruth Franklin's 'The Many Lives of Anne Frank' complements the diarist's story and refuses to police its interpretation by ...

Clay McLeod Chapman kept hearing friends say, of their Fox News-watching parents, “It’s like they were possessed.” That’s ...

New year, new TBR! I always get excited at the beginning of a year to see what books are on track to be published. Which ones can I wait to read until the library gets a copy and which ones will have ...

Wardruna are returning to the heart of winter with new album, Birna (She-Bear). Central to Wardruna’s sound is Einar Selvik’s fascination with instruments from the past and their uncanny ability to ...

We can’t acknowledge that death and destruction from wildfires and other disasters are routine, or we’d never be able to live ...

We can’t acknowledge that death and destruction from wildfires and other disasters are routine, or we’d never be able to live ...

Authors Laura Lippman and John Sandford have been announced as the 2025 Grand Masters of this year’s Edgar Awards. The ...

White Plains collector Seth Kaller has an original copy of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech, which doesn't mention the dream.

This genre-defying rock ‘n’ roll fable has got all the bikers, sledgehammer rumbles, and high-octane musical numbers you’d expect from an ’80s cult classic.