Once people are reading it doesn’t matter what the book is. Reading gives us an insight into a different world — a safe place ...

By Published If you or members of your book club can’t seem to get through long, heavy reads, we have some options for you: short biographies, essays, histories and other unique works of nonfiction ...

As an avid lover of the written word, both from my own creativity and that of others, my fellow Mountain Times journalists ...

Pittsfield's history with organized crime inspired a series of fictional tales, beginning with "The Execution" series by ...

These are the most shocking and intriguing plot twists from the first season of Pluribus, from the nature of the hive-mind to ...

The crime writer Don Winslow has repeatedly followed his characters into the wild borderland between law and crime. HIs ...

The coffee counter serves up drinks with literary-inspired names, creating pairings that feel predestined – a robust “Hemingway” black coffee for those tackling the classics, or perhaps a sweet, ...

George Saunders returns with Vigil, #2 on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Clay Cane’s Burn Down Master’s House debuts at #6 ...

"The Shopkeeper of Alsace" follows a woman whose main goal is to protect her family from the Nazis during World War II. (via ...

Journalist and author Alison Lyn Miller will be visiting the Clinton School of Pubic Service to discuss her new book “Rough ...

Octavia Butler was a pioneer in the world of science fiction. Her books — detailing pandemics, gun violence, drug use and ...

The news is stranger than fiction. What you see on social media is sometimes made up. We encounter so many untrue tales in ...