Dystopian and fantasy have always been some of my favorite book genres, and Veronica Roth’s (Weinberg ’10) “Divergent” has long been considered one of the genre’s most popular offerings. Written...

Tom Perrotta has built his career writing about life in the American suburbs. Not the idealized versions found in John Hughes movies or Norman Rockwell paintings, but the emotional undercurrents and quiet...

At first, Natalie, the main character of Caro Claire Burke’s debut novel “Yesteryear,” seems to have her life under control.  She bakes sourdough bread from scratch for her six adorable children...

“London Falling” opens with 19-year-old London resident Zac Brettler plunging into the River Thames from a fifth-floor balcony.  Throughout the rest of the book, journalist Patrick Radden Keefe...

Author R. F. Kuang discussed her latest novel “Katabasis” with podcast host and moderator Greta Johnsen before a sold-out audience April 11 as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival at First United...