The bestselling author of 'The Da Vinci Code' is back with a new book that looks to the future.

In "Ghosts of the Tsunami," Richard Lloyd Parry asks: How can you write about a disaster beyond comprehension?

The prize has undergone a distinct change in recent years, opting for best-selling writers and rock stars.

The author has now won the Nobel Prize. But critics are still struggling to understand him.

For decades, leaders have used the nuclear threat to consolidate power at home—even when it is bad for national security.

His new story collection 'Fresh Complaint' revives some of the most intriguing characters from 'Middlesex' and 'The Marriage Plot.'

This time we know one thing for sure: It won't be Bob Dylan.

In Daniel Mendelsohn's new memoir, the act of reading Homer tests a father-son relationship.

Vanessa Grigoriadis's new book 'Blurred Lines' was recently the subject of a media scandal. But is it any good?

Max Eastman smuggled Lenin’s last testament out of Russia, and popularized Marxism in the United States. Does his sex life matter?

Jennifer Egan disconnects from the fractured nature of modern life.

A pioneer of cultural studies, Hall showed a generation how to meld identity and Marxism.

Putin’s foreign policy is rooted in an epic myth of betrayal and redemption.

"The Chessboard and the Web," a new book by the New America Foundation president, has more questions than answers.

Prehistoric squid were far more numerous, and their reign lasted longer, than the dinosaurs. Why do we know so little about them?

“The Seventh Function of Language” is a whodunit set among French intellectuals.

Was the October revolution bound to lead to terror? China Miéville's "October" and Tariq Ali's "The Dilemmas of Lenin" reconsider the history.

The '50s noir novelist investigated sources of rot in the American grain.