Fiction, non-fiction and more

The Globe bestsellers

All our regular lists, plus this week's custom lists: History, and Science Fiction

A books quiz

Five questions to see if you've been paying attention

Patricia Highsmith
From Saturday's Books section

Dr. Jekyll and Miss Highsmith

Will Aitken reviews a new biography of Patricia Highsmith

A detail from the cover of a 1977 edition of Bear, by Marien Engel
From Saturday's Books section

Romance is where it finds you

Sex with a bear? Five Canadian novels that have a little Valentine’s in them

Ken Read: It's all about the view.
My Books, My Place

Bedside Read

A former Crazy Canuck on the pleasures of reading on his Canmore bed

Picture Perfect

Blade runners

For our illustrated book of the week, a history of figure skating just in time for the Winter Games

From Saturday's Books section

Love hurts

Candace Fertile reviews Shadow Tag, by Louise Erdrich

From Saturday's Books section

For members only

Edward Shorter reviews two new books about the male anatomy

From Saturday's Books section

An immigrant’s absorbing tale

Donna Bailey Nurse reviews The Amazing Absorbing Boy, by Rabindranath Maharaj

From Saturday's Books section

The evil of banality

Costica Bradatan reviews The Appointment, by Herta Müller

From Saturday's Books section

Yes, but is it art?

Joe Berridge reviews Why Architecture Matters, by Paul Goldberger

New & notable

Hell's no. 1 fury

A scorned political wife tells all

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H.J. Kirchhoff
New in paperback

A weekly guide to the hottest new paperback releases

New in children's books
A not-so-grey day

Susan Perren reviews The Red Scarf, by Anne Villeneuve

The Globe Books blog
Muse splashes

Martin Levin's Shelf Life
Here’s to the long-form

The Globe Books Spring Eliminations

THE FINALS!! After two rounds of voting, we are down to the final two books for your choice of the spring title you are most looking forward to.

Interactive Puzzles

Challenge yourself with today's puzzles

Crossword Puzzles

Sudoku Puzzles

Decoding the Decade: Books
The Book of the Decade

You don't need to visit the Hall of Prophecy to figure this one out

British author J.K. Rowling presents her novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the National History museum in London.
IFOA XXX
IFOA podcast archive

From Atwood to Ignatieff to Willis, a complete set of all the podcasts of readings and discussions recorded at the International Festival of Authors