President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

By the end of the Middle Ages, it was a broadly accepted truth that women were running around Europe who had been seduced by Satan and then enabled to perform wicked magic in his stead. Numerous tr…

Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.

Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita, Sarah Perry’s Death of an Ordinary Man, T. Geronimo Johnson’s The Occidental Book of the Dead, and Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Rush all feature among the best reviewed b…

A Bear of Very Little Brain still has a surprising amount to teach us

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Crew described terrifying encounter as they were woken up by “loud thud” as the 52ft vessel was struck

In the past decade, many more great white sharks are being seen in Canada's Atlantic waters. What's drawing them so far north?

Twenty years ago, Patricia McCormick’s “Sold” united readers around the horrors of child trafficking. Now it’s one of America’s most banned books.

On September 25, The New York Times reported that Russian drones hit a plant on the edge of Kyiv. That plant was home to a printing press, and millions of children’s books. This attack is but…

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It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online

Proprietors explain why more independent bookshops are springing up in our towns and cities.

“The American Way of Killing” examines America’s extraordinary tolerance for violence.

Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot in Silicon Valley in the 1990s, and in her book Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech, she set out…

A wealthy pastor’s wife with secrets, ambition, and a wicked wit tells all in Deesha Philyaw’s smart, saucy first novel.

David F. Walbert’s lively new book traces America’s history of voter suppression right up to today — and tomorrow.