R.L. Stine has been giving us books that creep us out, scare us, and generally entertain us. And over the last few years, a ...

But life is predictably unpredictable, and so is David’s (appreciated) ability to forgive, because the two of us finally connected over Zoom last week and talked about Goosebumps: The Vanishing. We ...

“Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” which premiered on both platforms Jan. 10, is part of the anthology series “Goosebumps” created by Nicholas Stoller and Rob Letterman and inspired by Stine's books. Though ...

Damien Leone was instead a giver of gifts on his birthday when he revealed he’s working on the script for Terrifier 4.

The Joker has come a long way from being just a clown in a purple suit causing trouble for Batman. Once a straightforward comic book villain, he has evolved into something much bigger—a kind of ...

What are three popular tropes that romance novels use? Jennifer Harlan, a New York Times books editor, recommends three romance novels that show off those tropes at their best. An author of books ...

Meanwhile, Howard’s portrayal of Art the Clown has made the character into a modern-day horror movie icon, which itself makes Joker comparisons inevitable. With Jokers Wild, it wouldn’t be ...

This sweeping novel about the life, loves, struggles and triumphs of a queer English Burmese actor is the topic of our January book club discussion. “Something Rotten,” Andrew Lipstein’s ...

To date, the Terrifier franchise has only made two things perfectly clear about Art the Clown: that he is a bloodthirsty monster who delights in sadistically butchering his victims, and that he ...

Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been devastated by the digital age “Elita” is a novel ...

Here’s how it works. Seeing as the game is now over 50 years old, it's hard to narrow down the best D&D books. There are quite literally enough to fill a small library these days, so which ones ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.