Python’s lead narrows again, C holds the runner-up spot, C++ returns to third, and SQL climbs back above R in June’s top 10 rankings update. June’s TIOBE Index has the feel of a rematch month. The top ...

In “The Man Who Stole the Gods,” Matthew Campbell recounts how cultural artifacts were pillaged in Cambodia. By Hugh Eakin Hugh Eakin is a 2026 spring fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. When ...

Sarah Weinman on “Heather,” by Caitlin Mullen, and three more new books. By Sarah Weinman Until recently, the language of morality belonged to social conservatives. But the history of liberalism ...

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Book-banning might seem like a relic of less enlightened times, but the practice is back in a big way. The American Library Association reports (https://www ...

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This article contains discussions of addiction, child abuse, and mental health. HBO's 2018 miniseries "Sharp Objects," which is based on Gillian Flynn's 2006 debut novel of the same name, has an ...

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Their First Book Changed the World. The Follow-Up Made Me Feel Something I Didn’t Know I Could Feel.

June 29, 2026 • Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray bring readers a new historical novel that presents two women on opposite ends of the law who must partner to bring down a crime boss in ...