Tom Felton Auditioned for ‘Harry Potter’ Without Reading the Books
In his memoir, “Beyond the Wand,” the actor who played Draco Malfoy opens up about family, fame and how he landed the role of a lifetime.
How ‘Dead Souls’ Taught Mel Brooks What Comedy Writing Could Be
“I’d never read anything like it,” says the actor and director, whose memoir “All About Me!” is newly out in paperback. “It was hysterically funny and incredibly moving at the same time. It’s like Gogol stuck a pen in his heart, and it didn’t even go through his mind on its way to the page.”
In Search of Enheduanna, the Woman Who Was History’s First Named Author
“She Who Wrote,” an exhibition at the Morgan Library, explores the world of an ancient Mesopotamian priestess who wrote with a strikingly personal voice.
How Peter Asher, a Jack-of-all-Trades in Music, Mastered Them All
The British musician, manager, producer, executive and author known for his work with Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, is the subject of a new book exploring his unique run in the industry.
Book Review: ‘Beyond Measure,’ by James Vincent
“Beyond Measure,” by James Vincent, tells the story of human civilization through its systems of measurement, showing how they have promoted knowledge, social control and ongoing conflict.
Books to Kindle Children’s Curiosity About Classical Music
Read Your Way Through Dublin
Virtuosity and creativity with language are “everyone’s birthright” in the Irish capital, says Tana French, an award-winning mystery writer who has made it her home.
Book Review: “Seen and Unseen,” by Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki; “My Nest of Silence,” by Matt Faulkner
Two books for young readers shine a light on the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Book Review: “Toad,” by Katherine Dunn
The beloved author of “Geek Love,” who died in 2016, left behind an unpublished novel, “Toad,” about a self-loathing hermit. It’s finally available.
New Bedtime Books for Children
Five luminous new children’s books to help little ones wind down at night.
Book Review: ‘The Lion House,’ by Christopher de Bellaigue
Christopher de Bellaigue’s “The Lion House” is a history of the 16th-century Ottoman sultanate that reads like a novel, overflowing with naval battles, high-stakes diplomacy, opulence, avarice and brutality.
Gabrielle Blair Embraces ‘the Least Sexy Way to Talk About Sex.”
In her book “Ejaculate Responsibly,” the home renovation guru encourages readers to revisit their thinking about unwanted pregnancies.
Book Reviews: ‘Like' by Annie Barrows and ‘I Can Explain’ by Shinsuke Yoshitake
“Like” and “I Can Explain” delightfully get inside kids’ heads as they puzzle out what it means to be human — and how to keep one step ahead of Mom.
Book Review: ‘Novelist as a Vocation,’ by Haruki Murakami
In a new memoir, “Novelist as a Vocation,” the Japanese writer reflects on his craft and his career.
Book Review: ‘Free Market: The History of an Idea,’ by Jacob Soll
Jacob Soll’s ambitious history takes us from Cicero to Milton Friedman, but is hobbled by questionable assertions.
Book Review: ‘Now Is Not the Time to Panic,’ by Kevin Wilson
The friends at the center of Kevin Wilson’s “Now Is Not the Time to Panic” hang photocopied posters around their small Tennessee town. Chaos ensues.
Book Review: ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ by Bob Dylan
“The Philosophy of Modern Song” offers commentaries on a range of music, written in the singer’s unmistakable lyrical style.
Putting Writers’ Lives on the Reading List
It’s never too young to be inspired by Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf and the “daring original” Ruth Krauss.
Book Review: ‘The Hyacinth Girl,’ by Lyndall Gordon
Drawing on newly released letters from the poet to Emily Hale, with whom he maintained a decades-long, mostly epistolary affair, “The Hyacinth Girl,” by Lyndall Gordon, reconsiders his life and work.
Book Review: “Flight,” by Lynn Steger Strong
In Lynn Steger Strong’s third novel, “Flight,” a trio of siblings converge for their first Christmas without their mother. It’s complicated.
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