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Almost 20 years after Franklin Leonard created the Black List, which has helped little-known screenwriters break into Hollywood, it is expanding into fiction.

The genre’s roots date back hundreds of years, to the prison cells and gallows of 17th-century London.

The movie, with its handful of Oscar nominations, has refocused attention on “Erasure,” a satire of the literary world and its racial biases.

Take a genteel painting, maybe featuring a swooning woman. Add iridescent neon type for a shock to the system. And thank (or blame) Ottessa Moshfegh for getting there early.

Patricia Highsmith’s classic thriller mixes glamour, betrayal, self-invention and murder. What’s not to love?

What can a fifth-century text by St. Augustine tell us about the priorities of the two most powerful American Catholics?

Memorable characters, delightful nonfiction and poignant novels stuck with people across the world.

Readers suggest books that help make sense of the nation’s most populous state.

Thrillers, literary fiction, history, speculative true crime, memoirs and more: Here are the books you’ve saved most to your reading lists.

The latest from a Nobel laureate, a “Hunger Games” prequel and more.