Thomas Pynchon Thomas Pynchon brings us to New York in the early days of the Internet. It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of...

Sara Paretsky In Kansas, on land that once saw some of America's bloodiest antislavery battles, three families have coexisted for more than one hundred fifty years: the Grelliers, the Fremantles,...

Jeffrey M Cohen The author offers the layperson a one-volume presentation of various aspects of prayer in Judaism. He looks at the historical development of prayer, the role of the...

Author: Danielle Steel In Danielle Steel’s remarkable new novel, one of her most memorable characters comes to terms with unfinished business and long-buried truths as the mother of three very...

Anna Quindlen   Late one night, a teenage couple drives up to the big white clapboard home on the Blessing estate and leaves a box. In that instant, the lives...

Belva Plain At thirty-six, Jennie Rakowsky's dreams were  coming true. She was about to marry a wonderful man,  her career as a lawyer was skyrocketing, and she  had never been more beautiful. And...

Editors:Paul A. Marshall, Lela Gilbert, Roberta Green-Ahmanson Why do the media so often miss or misunderstand major news stories? One reason is that, in today's complex and pervasively religious world,...

Haruki Murakami   A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny...

Author: Faye Kellerman A 3 A.M. phone call summons LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker to the well-fortified Coyote Ranch compound of billionaire developer Guy Kaffey. February 9, 2010 by Harper...

Jose Saramago Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass epidemic of blindness afflicting nearly everyone in an unnamed city, and the social breakdown that swiftly follows. The novel follows...

Hadley Freeman After October 7, many on the left justified, dismissed or championed acts and beliefs they otherwise view as unconscionable. Why?‘October 7 was horrific. Then came October 8, and...

James PattersonWhen New York City's Mayor is desperate to find his missing daughter, Detective Michael Bennett steps in to help the Mayor and strike a deal to save his son...