Every September 1, Lee Child begins work on another of his massively popular Jack Reacher mysteries. this time, he had Andy Martin looking over his shoulder.

"Tell you what", write the editors of this excellent collection, is a phrase that promises "a revelation, a shift, a new truth".

I can see it plainly now. Stephen King has been playing me. The old Stephen King, the real one. I'd forgotten about him. That was his plan all along.

Porochista Khakpour's new novel is a magical realist take on 9/11.

From Dolly Parton's smelly cabbage soup to Liz Taylor's stinky dip, behind most stars is a mad, fad diet. Writer Rebecca Harrington tried them all.

Jodi Picoult has written 23 novels, eight of them No 1 bestsellers. Just don’t call her work ‘women’s fiction’, says Bryony Gordon.

When a computer virus hacks into the Australian prison system in 2010, it also infects the American corporations that licensed the software.

The quintessential guide book for the scene of New Zealand's most significant war effort covers everything you need to know about the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

Absorbing stories are an ideal way to unwind over summer.

Mussolini hated pasta and Hitler, famously a vegetarian, liked to eat baby pigeons. A new book tells us what tyrants liked for tea. John Walsh reports.

Linda Herrick delves into four new cookbooks that transport the palate around the globe.

Lena Dunham found it "very, very painful" to be criticised for revealing she was date-raped.

Facebook's boss is the latest to hail an ancient pleasure, but he may have missed the point, writes James Walton.

"The Oprah Effect" could turn minor works into million-sellers. Mr Zuckerberg may just do the same.

It's so popular it has been named No1 on the missing book list for Auckland's 55 libraries.

Parents are being urged to encourage their children to read over the summer in light of research showing kids who forgo books while on holiday lose reading ability at alarming rates.

Celebrity memoirs are no longer popular as the genre has already 'peaked', according to one of Britain's leading publishers.

If you’re still wondering what to get the father-in-law for Christmas or intend reclining under a shady tree for the holidays, the Herald on Sunday looks at some of the best sports books on the shelves this year

With the national carrier entering its 75th year, here's a wee stocking-filler for the sky-gawping plane nerd in your life.

My childhood was happy, although not always easy. My parents separated when I was 2 and my mum's parents played a huge role in my upbringing.

Like other students at Koru School in Mangere, Tyler Adams has his own burgeoning library at home.

With so many gadgets and gizmos available these days, seeing a child getting excited over a book can be pretty extraordinary.

Autobiographies and beautiful coffee-table tomes make great stocking fillers.

If you write a sex scene, no one believes it’s fiction, writes Jon Stock.

Sarah Ell investigates the renaissance of Auckland's libraries and their transformation into community centres for the digital age.

With a new novel out, and a potential film finally on the horizon, Patricia Cornwell tells Judith Woods how Dr Kay Scarpetta was held hostage by Hollywood.