The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection.

Since opening up an independent bookstore on Long Island, I’ve often been asked by my former colleagues in Congress for book ...

That's where quotes can help. Here is a compiled list of quotes about friends and friendship: Start the day smarter. Get all ...

Any book can spur us toward self-improvement. So can a song, a poem or a movie scene. And so we will change.

It’s fitting that the first snow of the new year fell as I was editing this list; if anything, it made me want to pause work ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Here are 10 of the year's best cookbooks, ranging from a deep dive into cookies to an ode to the 'iconic trinity' of soups, salads and sandwiches ...

The written word has a lot to answer for. From the moment Johannes Gutenberg introduced his marvellous printing press ...

When I expressed to a fellow author my fear of fumbling my replies or drowning myself by engaging, she shrugged: In writing ...

Clothing drives and holiday visits to nursing homes are also typical. My point? Teens generally are worthy of our love, respect and support. One of my best friends (names changed for privacy) is a ...

After four of her close friends died suddenly in a tragic accident ... For adults, she's the author of "Leave Me," "I Have Lost My Way." Her essays and nonfiction work has appeared in publications ...

Why I liked it: This is my formal apology to anyone who knew me while I read this book, because I couldn’t shut up about it (or maybe it’s a last-ditch plea to get them to read it, too). “Our Wives ...