A friend suggested I pull together a reading list for the summer. I had a hard time taking her seriously. She's one of the smartest, best-read people ...

If you have a deadline looming or even a busy week, the absolute last thing you want to do is crack open Mission to Paris and think you're going to read just a chapter, because you're not.

If your friends and family know that you're a big-time reader, you're surely going to get books for the holidays. And if they don't know you well, y...

This summer, I'm thinking Reading Lite. An iced drink, (make mine an Arnold Palmer). A cool breeze. A careful application of sunscreen. A thin book, so I can get through it and still grab some zzzs. Books like these.

As more readers discover Furst, vast sections of the intelligentsia can be found sitting quietly, their lunch sandwiches going stale, children neglected, pages turning, turning, to the satisfying conclusion.

Let's give Dad a book that no one else in his crowd is getting. A book that will put ideas in his head, delight his senses and provide him with something fascinating to say. Like these...