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

For decades, reformers have laid siege to the bureaucracy and failed. DOGE could be different.

A woman was shocked at what she found among the books at a local thrift store, revealing that she was "saddened" to discover ...

To the Editor: Regarding the letter to the editor “State librarian’s mission is access not censorship,” everyone knows that the book-ban myth is a scam to silence and humiliate anyone who ...

So I hit the local comic book shop once a month to pick up anything that may have shown up and put in an order for stuff that ...

Dear Eric: “Jim” and I had a daughter, “Helena,” who was 12 years old when her father died of cancer. Jim and Helena were very close, and she knew that she would receive a letter from her ...

Delhi's Rahul quits job with a viral, humorous resignation letter citing frozen salary and dreams. Highlights corporate ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a thorough biography ...

Why do I have to sign my letter or guest opinion using my real name? The Columbian believes that opinions aren't worth much unless those who advocate them are willing to stand publicly behind ...

This last month the topic of celebrating small moments, writing about, or thinking about bits of our lives that do indeed ...

The novels weren’t the point. The point of Nan Shepherd was herself. My mother described what a thrill it was to ...

As my ‘Ask Rachel’ column reaches its first anniversary, I’ve seen a lot of common topics – from kinks to affairs, and ...