A Bard by Any Other Name

Does it really matter who wrote Shakespeare’s plays?

Blimey!

The secret sauce in English crime fiction? Language.

Weaker by the Dozen

With many book series, quality declines as the volumes multiply.

The Horrors! The Horrors!

Preston & Child specialize in blending the historical with the hair-raising.

The Past Master

Popular German author Oliver Pötzsch elevates arcane history.

The War That Didn’t End All Wars

(But did inspire a trove of Maisie Dobbs novels.)

Pain & Prejudice

Novelists draw from history’s myriad injustices to great effect.

Where (and When) to Go?

A Booker Prize-winning novel poses the question but doesn’t answer it.