In his new book, David Szalay offers unvarnished scenes from a lonely, rags-to-riches life. By Dwight Garner Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the ...

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“I See You’ve Called in Dead” follows a middle-aged depressive who rediscovers life’s joys, with a little help from his friends. Steve Oney’s engaging and deeply reported “On Air ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows launched on March 20, and it got off to a hot start in the US. The game was the best-selling title overall in ...

The trailers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows teased elder millennial fans (read: me) who’ve stuck with the franchise for nearly two decades, yearning for a return to the original recipe.

Commented by Mikolaj Laszkiewicz: Assassin's Creed Shadows is a technical oddball. On one hand, the game is realistically more beautiful than Valhalla, you can see much better made character models, ...

March 28, 2025 • Nunez's 2018 novel won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide. Originally ...

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Wonderful world-building and exciting stories make these fantasy books gripping reads for teens. From magic spells to ghosts, fairies, evil rulers, and fearsome, grotesque creatures, the fantastic ...