If you like books about books with whimsical and supernatural elements, read this slow-build magical realism book about a ...

When I was young, my mom had the foresight to ask my grandparents to fill out a memory book for me. Now an heirloom, the book captured the details of their childhoods and their lives — those precious ...

1. This is the big one—literally: It’s a 3,000-page monster, and even some of its sentences are gigantic. (One of them is almost as long as this entire article.) But its fans will tell you it’s the ...

Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies that help people remember better—is the subject of a new book ...

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.