These aren’t your quiet, calming reads. These are the chaotic good books, the ones that spark unexpected laughter, deep ...

When Young Stunna, born Sandile Msimango, speaks, it’s with the cadence of someone who’s lived many lives in one, an East Rand prophet cloaked in tracksuits and township slang, his verses emerging ...

In 17 starts for Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo this year, Melton has posted a 3.35 ERA with 83 strikeouts over 88.2 innings. He’s walked just 27 and allowed only five home runs all season. He may ...

For as busy and accomplished as she is, Padma Lakshmi seems exceedingly chill. The writer, TV host, and all-time-great 30 Rock guest star is calling in from the beach, her voice warm and relaxed, ...

The 12 books below have nothing in common except for the fact that their advocates have shared them time after time, and ...

Ms. Schafler, a former in-house therapist at Google, lays out five types of perfectionists: classic, Parisian, procrastinator, messy and intense. Rather than prescribing a fix, she invites readers to ...

Geoff Dyer's new book, Homework, is a memoir about his postwar U.K. childhood. The award-winning author of But Beautiful, Out ...