Webster County Library

The digital-age transparency we’ve grown accustomed to may threaten the spirit of democracy, Evgeny Morozov warns.    

William Gaddis’s letters reveal the struggle and self-doubt behind the novels.    

A novel and essay collection by Elinor Lipman showcase her urbanity and optimism.    

From the birth of the Republican Party to the Spanish-American War, John Hay was a seminal 19th-century figure.    

A comprehensive collection of Ernest Hemingway’s novels, nonfiction and short stories.    

Stuck in traffic with David Sedaris.    

Recording an audiobook requires talent, discipline and a lot of coffee.    

Fiona Maazel’s antic new novel examines the contradictory but concurrent urges for solitude and intimacy.    

The troubles of Tom Drury’s characters seem to stretch back into the inscrutable past, and out into an equally murky future.    

Brian Stelter recounts the intrigue, infighting and personal crises in the morning TV shows’ ratings wars.    

An unhappy woman discovers a distressing secret in Patrick McGrath’s novel.    

Changes to the best-seller lists and this column, Open Book, are new to the Book Review.    

James Patterson's new passion is a series of books for readers ages 7 to 13.

Plus, check out the cover of James Patterson's 'Treasure Hunters.'

A reader responds to a recent essay by Andrea Wulf.    

A reader responds to a recent review of T. D. Allman’s “Finding Florida.”    

A reader responds to a recent essay by Sandra Beasley.    

A reader responds to a recent review of Randall B. Woods’s “Shadow Warrior.”    

Readers respond to a recent review of Willa Cather’s letters.    

In Helene Wecker’s novel, two folkloric creatures emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York.