From Sinatra to SZA, Appalachian folk to Detroit funk, a journey through the music that showed one British critic this country’s soul

At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.

The costumes make people uncomfortable, organizers say. Furries call it discrimination.

She wanted to be remembered, most of all, as the “book lady.”

Amitav Ghosh believes that climate change requires rethinking the novel. His new work of fiction fails that standard.

A younger crowd is flocking to a hobby once dominated by retirees—and transforming it along the way.

J. D. Salinger’s classic novel of teen alienation made me feel more connected to the world.

An evolutionary psychologist is challenging the popular understanding of kids and technology.

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.

For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation.

I’m not alone in feeling regret over not having found the right book at just the right time.

The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.

What should we do when confronted with posts from family influencers?

The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New Jersey as physically possible. Here's what it takes.

The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New Jersey as physically possible. Here's what it takes.

In some ways, the world is cooked. But being a twelve-year-old still kind of eats.

A best-selling novel about disability was written via letter board. Or so the story goes.