In her biography of the novelist George Sand, Fiona Sampson urges us to see Sand chiefly as a writer, an inventor of stories and also of the self. By Rebecca Chao Sarah Weinman on “Heather,” by ...

Upstate Art Weekend, starting Thursday, brings together New York artists and audiences, and offers everything from icebergs to Arte Povera to keep you cool. By Will Heinrich Six artist-designed tables ...

If you consider yourself a fan of high fantasy, I would be willing to bet that there is a good chance you have at least heard the name "Brandon Sanderson" even if you have never read one of his books.

June 23, 2026 • Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.

June 23, 2026 • A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR ...