People flocked to books related to the pandemic and the body, including John M. Barry’s “The Great Influenza” and James Nestor’s “Breath.” How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Read ...

Deadly Quiet City. By Murong Xuecun. New Press; 336 pages; $27.99. Hardie Grant; £14.99 In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, a celebrated Chinese writer interviewed people in Wuhan about their ...

Of course, the fear of radiation isn't the only reason people oppose nuclear power - there are worries about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and waste disposal, not to mention the huge cost ...

Below are seven books that each require no more than a weekend or so to finish. That doesn’t mean they’re superficial: Instead, they are examples of the power and range of short novels.