In my line of work—producing this weekly column and three episodes of my podcast How Long Gone per week—I get sent a lot of books. I love reading, but like most of us, I usually find myself getting ...

The must-read novels, compelling memoirs, and incredible histories that captivated us this year. It was another incredible ...

Late in Italian writer-director Giovanni Tortorici’s pop-up book of a coming-of-age movie “Diciannove” (Nineteen), there’s a great scene in which his arrogant, neurotic protagonist, Leonardo (Manfredi ...