The novel "Remain" is a supernatural romantic whodunit co-written by M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks. It follows an architect who falls in love with a woman he believes is a ghost and tries to ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Marisha Pessl about her new book for teens. The idea for the twist-filled thriller "Darkly" came out of her girlhood love of board games. A new novel for teens is like a ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...

Late in the book, Jane notes that she has begun “to understand what a story is. It’s a manipulation. It’s a way of containing unmanageable chaos.” The notion that narrative is a partial, ...