Bedtime Stories: December 2015

What do literary types have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a couple of them, and here’s what they said.

2015 Holiday Gift Guide

10 books worth giving — and getting — this season.

13 Best Novels of the Year

Announcing the Independent's picks for 2015's finest books!

5 Most Popular Posts: November 2015

We here at the Independent love every piece we run. There are no winners or losers. Having said that, here are November’s winners.

6 Fall Books to Fall Into

Memoirs, short stories, and a much-anticipated new novel to illuminate those dark fall nights.

Cookbook Roundup: Nov. 2015

A look at what’s simmerin’ on the shelves this month

Bedtime Stories: November 2015

What do literary types have queued up on their nightstands and ready to read before lights-out? We asked a couple of them, and here’s what they said.

13 of the Scariest Stories Ever

Sick of reading “terrifying” books that aren’t? (We’re not naming names, Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw.) Pick up one of these creepy tales — they’re sure to make you sleep with the lights on!