Leo emphasizes that the small book by Brother Lawrence places at the center not merely the experience but a true 'practice' of the presence of God, lived in everyday life. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV has written the preface to a new Vatican edition of the book “The Practice of the Presence of God,” a spiritual work he says is “one of the texts that has most shaped my spiritual life.” ...

Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, explored ancient myths and folklore about creating automation, artificial ...

This collection of essays written over the span of a quarter century by literary critic Brooke Allen is elegant, erudite, and ...

The Only City’s eighteen short stories bring the metropolis alive: it’s an organism that gets to eat you, but most inhabitants end up loving it, if reluctantly. Anindita Ghose’s novel The Illuminated ...

It is deeply painful to come to terms with the passing of Ernest Thalayasingham Macintyre. The news has left a silence that ...

The end of the year means holiday celebrations, summer breaks … and for us, one important thing: Best books lists.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “The Serviceberry,” offers ideas rooted in nature for creating sharing economies as a way to ...

Kat Lieu has built a career out of baking, storytelling, and standing up for what she believes in. A former doctor of ...

Kick off 2026 with 10 must-read books, including a bold "Moby Dick" retelling by Xiaolu Guo, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s stunning ...

We asked novelists to anthropologists, scientists, criminologists and experts in politics, publishing & philosophy for their favourite books.

Patti Smith’s career as a punk rocker blazed in the late 1970s. Her debut album, Horses, just reissued as a 50th-anniversary ...