Sam Dolnick

Jon Raymond’s new book considers lofty questions as an affair and a climate disaster unfold.

Twenty years after “A Million Little Pieces” became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.

One of the world’s greatest basketball players, he thought of himself as a loser.

Donald Dimmock, who died in March at 79, ran the electric department at The New York Times, where he worked for more than three decades.

Why is it that books found in giveaway piles cast such a spell on us?

At 22, she persuaded Dylan Thomas to make the first-ever recording of a full-length book read aloud. And the rest was history.

Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.

Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.

Darius Dugas II was one of thousands of American children killed by gun violence this year.

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