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The media plays a huge role in spreading police-centered narratives.

These lurid paperbacks offer today’s readers a portal to an early, furtive era of queer expression.

You know the railing. You don't know the story behind $400 strip mall sushi.

In “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party,” the science writer Edward Dolnick takes on the 19th-century discovery of dinosaur fossils: “What was it like to try to grapple with an idea that hadn’t occurred to anybody?”

Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more.

The Ethiopian American novelist also talks aesthetics and the inspiration behind his most recent novel, “Someone Like Us.”

Lisa Jewell puts a great deal of thought into the monikers she chooses for the people who populate her books. Here are her rules of thumb.

Riley Sager has been on a publishing tear since 2017. His seventh book, “The Only One Left,” almost interfered with his breakneck pace.

Share your secrets, Dua!

The latest soup-throwing incident is part of a long tradition of direct action.