Why our top picks of the year were about serial killers, silence and the enduring grace of the written word, according to The ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...

The season’s literary offerings are as varied and complex as a cast of Thomas Pynchon characters ... and include Thomas Pynchon’s return. Susan Orlean and Arundhati Roy turn the pen on themselves, ...