Tolkien’s The Hobbit book and a significantly larger one in director Peter ... With Sauron finally, decisively defeated, ...

She was the wielder of Nenya and one of the greatest elves in ... the most important objects in the story. In the books, the stones are described as moonlight blended with sunlight.

She’s less in the books, but the films give her a boost ... glows in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ played by Cate Blanchett. She’s ancient, wielding Nenya, a ring of power, and offers the Fellowship a ...

T Bone Burnett reviews Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul,” which explores the partnership of “two extraordinarily gifted young men.” By T Bone Burnett It’s called “Doggerel” for a reason ...

Mine came flooding back as I read Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud’s “The Cartoonists Club” and Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander’s “J vs. K.” By James Sturm Missing for decades from ...

It’s a good month for criticism in the literary world, with new books in April exploring everything from early-’00s feminism to modern TV and video games. On the fiction side, there’s a new ...

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Sue Roe's new book details how while on holiday with his wife, Picasso installed his mistress in a beach hut - then took up with another! But then came… After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Swing into spring with our picks for the best books to read this month Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE ...

“I See You’ve Called in Dead” follows a middle-aged depressive who rediscovers life’s joys, with a little help from his friends. Steve Oney’s engaging and deeply reported “On Air ...

Recent TV adaptations of Coben’s books, such as “Fool Me Once” and “Missing You,” have been Netflix blockbusters, and the hits keep coming. Coben’s latest begins when Sami Kierce ...