"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The beginning of the year is a great time to pick up a new book. Many avid readers often find themselves ...

The start of a new year is a time for resolutions. But before you make a list of goals, do one simple thing: Set an intention. Thinking about your intentions can help clarify your values, goals and ...

“Queen Esther” is John Irving’s return after forty years to the orphanage of “The Cider House Rules,” his bestselling novel from 1985. To read a John Irving novel is to call to mind the classic works ...

Readers of Huxley’s Brave New World will find glimmers of that book’s dark humor and sterling powers of observation in this stellar 1923 lampoon of English intellectualism after WWI. Protagonist ...

Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that tests your recognition of memorable lines. This week’s installment highlights lines from notable 20th-century science fiction novels. In the five ...

In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian novel “Brave New World,” cattle ranches and chicken coops are no longer the source of meat on the dinner plate. Instead, scientists engineer a synthetic protein in a ...

November is here, which means it’s getting darker a whole lot earlier, the wind is suddenly really brisk, and the countdown to Christmas is officially on. It also means a final big push from the ...

Those curse words your mother once upon a time told you not to use, or you’ll have to wash your mouth out with soap, are not even considered that bad anymore, according to Gen Z. According to research ...

It’s not every day a new television series boasts a perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the new Apple TV sci-fi drama “Pluribus” is earning raves from critics and fans alike. The series, whose ...

During the release week for HUXLEY: The Oracle, I spoke to acclaimed concept artist Ben Mauro all about his vision for the series and his experience working on Call of Duty, Halo, and more. Mauro is ...