Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year.

Selections from the January Conversation With Books reading list spanned genres such as contemporary fiction, historical fiction, biography, and historical nonfiction. Photo by Patrick Clancy.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “Music is the universal language of mankind.” In a music review written 55 years later, George Bernard Shaw said, “Though music be a universal language, ...

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I love listening to different genres because all of them have something unique and compelling to offer. If you’re someone who tends to listen to the same genre consistently, I don’t fault you. It is ...

For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

The scales at two different counters displayed different readings for the same bag. A passenger flying IndiGo from Chandigarh to Delhi recently reported a discrepancy at the airport check-in counter.

lamenting that all books have begun to 'look the same'. Describing the books, Penguin says on its website: 'This eye-catching six-book series is an open invitation to escape the brutal ...