Book

Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a…

Not every workplace features a guillotine. At a book conservation lab tucked beneath the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum…

Not every workplace features a guillotine. At a book conservation lab tucked beneath the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum…

A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the…

These days, literary events in New York City can require tickets and be just as hard to get into as…

Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.

Murph the Surf became an unlikely folk hero after robbing the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Gems in…

This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair features plenty of quirky items amid the high-ticket treasures. (Poison books, anyone?)

What books are on your night stand? My night stand doesn’t speak to me anymore. That’s because, here’s the truth:…

For Iman Mersal, the slim novel was “life altering.” She narrates her journey in the footsteps of its largely forgotten…