Jane Riordan says that she was 'so lucky' to be brought up with a love of books and wants to help others do the same.

Jane Riordan says that she was 'so lucky' to be brought up with a love of books and wants to help others do the same.

Forget the cliche of the author on a laptop at a coffee shop – some of the most renowned writers wrote their greatest works in unexpected places.

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Montana’s hidden retail therapy doesn’t come with fluorescent lighting or bulk-sized mayonnaise jars. The Busy Bee Summer Flea Market in Roundup offers something far more intoxicating – the thrill of ...

In “The Sea Captain’s Wife,” Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the thrilling story of Mary Ann Patten, the first female captain of a merchant clipper ship. By Jennifer Wright Our columnist picks the year’s ...

Fifty years after her death, the German-born political thinker has been enshrined as a prophet for our times. What did she actually say? By Jennifer Szalai The notebooks of Albert Camus, the French ...

December 8, 2025 • Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote ...

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