The author of ‘Fanpire: The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love It’ on whether men can ever stack up to Edward
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On the Physical Abuse of Books
Dog-eared pages, bent bindings, scribbled-in margins… Books were meant to be loved—aggressively
Roger Moore on Why Daniel Craig Is the Best James Bond Ever and What 007 Role He’s Dying to Play
The man who was Bond a record seven times speaks to TIME about how he got the role, all those Bond girls and why he’s just changed his mind about his favorite British spy
World Book Night: Which Titles Will Be Given Away in 2013?
World Book Night event aims to give away hundreds of thousands of books in one night—but which books will receive that honor this year?
Barbara Kingsolver on Flight Behavior and Why Climate Change Is Part of Her Story
The scientist-turned-novelist—whose new book hit shelves this week—spoke with TIME about global warming, the environmental movement and the responsibility of an artist
NaNoWriMo: Is National Novel Writing Month a Literary Threat or Menace?
More than a quarter of a million people are spending November writing novels. But does this mean an influx of new voices or the end of literature altogether?
The Liberator: A User’s Guide to Hell
Alex Kershaw’s WWII history chronicles the torturous slog of an American infantry division — led by legendary commander Felix Sparks — from Italy in 1943 into the heart of Germany just before VE Day
Exclusive Video: The Making of Cloud Atlas
It’s not easy to imagine how a book like Cloud Atlas could become an epic movie. Get a sneak peak at the cinematic magic here
The Muggles Take Manhattan: J.K. Rowling Live at Lincoln Center
Maybe you were watching that other debate, I don’t know. Your time is your own. As for me, I spent last evening at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City watching J.K. Rowling and Ann Patchett talk about …
New Spider-Man: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Great news for comic book fans and devotees of Comic Con, which started yesterday in New York City: after 50 years, the Amazing Spider-Man series is ending in December with Issue #700, but Marvel has announced that a new series, …
Chinese Novelist Mo Yan Receives Nobel Prize. But Is He Politically Correct?
The new Nobel laureate has been accused of being both subtly subversive and too close to the party line
David Quammen Talks Life on the Front Lines of Virology
Back in 2003, a new virus that would be called SARS jumped from a bat to a civet cat to human beings, eventually infecting thousands and killing nearly 800 people. That’s just one example of the threat that animal microbes can …
National Book Awards: Junot Díaz, Dave Eggers, Robert Caro Among Finalists
The 20 finalists for the 2012 National Book Awards were named this morning by David Steinberger, chairman of the board of the National Book Foundation. The winners in each of the four categories (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and …