Author James Patterson believes Marilyn Monroe was murdered, and says the famous actress was "treading in very dangerous waters." Patterson made the revelation during an interview with The Hollywood ...

Keltie Knight is gearing up for her next era, and while it, of course, includes the “LadyGang” podcast, there’s also a book involved. “I’m getting even more unhinged, if you can believe it,” Knight, ...

Tennessee has the third highest number of book bans in school libraries across the nation, according to a yearly report by First Amendment literary advocacy group PEN America. The report documents ...

Emily Adrian’s sharply satiric “Seduction Theory” is the latest entry in the category. The novel is presented as the thesis of one Roberta (Robbie) Green, both an unreliable narrator and a student in ...

In Emily Adrian’s “Seduction Theory,” two married creative writing professors have parallel affairs, with very different outcomes. By Hannah Pittard Hannah Pittard is the author, most recently, of the ...

At a mere 4.5 by 6.5 inches, only 122 pages long, with a cover that’s bright white and soothing flamingo pink, Brian Eno and Bette A.’s What Art Does beckons with an easy-going, “See? Manageable.” ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Millions of people are embracing a little two-word mantra and ...

Mel Robbins found power in letting go, then empowered others to do the same. The resulting sense of emotional freedom is exactly what Robbins is trying to help readers achieve with her latest book, ...

Suzanne Collins originally wrote the Hunger Games books because she wanted to explore just war theory. “Just war theory has evolved over thousands of years in an attempt to define what circumstances ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

At least 13 Tennessee counties saw books removed from public school library shelves over the past year, marking the highest number of book removals the state has seen since the passage of the Age ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A new proof has brought mathematicians one step closer to understanding the hidden order of those “atoms of arithmetic,” the prime ...