Nabokov never wanted us to read his unfinished last novel. Unless, thrillingly, he did.

The latest in a bumper crop of books about the ethics of eating animals.

The horrification of Jane Austen.

My Thomas Pynchon problem.

Unplug the phone. There’s a new William T. Vollmann book.

Finally, the great New York (graphic) novel.

Dave Cullen examines how we process inexplicable tragedy.

Wells Tower’s beautiful stories about gut-wrenching violence.

Loving, and mourning, scribbling.

A new novel declares war on apolitical fiction. And wins by losing.