Over the past 100 years, people have tried to make names for themselves by creating history. Some were unable and tried to ...

Irving is regarded as ‘the Father of the American story’ for his American folktales, many of which came from his experiences ...

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and the story of the headless horseman was created by Washington Irving in 1820.

A Washington Irving statue in Bixby, Oklahoma, was vandalized with its head removed; a suspect was arrested on Christmas Eve, ...

To grow as readers, kids’ reading material must evolve in complexity as they age. Vocabulary, sentence structures and plots ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Surprise, surprise: Supernatural has made our list of the best supernatural TV shows of all time. Starring Jensen Ackles and ...

Part sci-fi and part coming-of-age, the book weaves their storylines together to paint a modern portrait of what it means to fulfill the American Dream. Short-story writer Kelly Link weaves a ...

This year’s top titles range from an alphabet book of quirky tunes to an authentic portrait of our nation Megan Gambino Senior Editor When I first started compiling this year-end book list ...

The 39 most anticipated books of 2025 include Susan Choi’s long-awaited follow-up to Trust Exercise, an essay collection from environmental justice activist Catherine Coleman Flowers ...