This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. In recent years, some of the most talked-about literary novels have not given their readers much to talk about ...

Last night’s episode of House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra Triumphant, explores the fact that being triumphant is perhaps not all that fun at all. Faced with stolen gold, a starving city and angry allies, ...

Plot twists in television are kind of par for the course. One should expect their favorite TV shows to be home to plot twists, especially shows that follow a strict narrative. So, TV shows having plot ...

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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are the best movie plot twists ever, ranked from least to most great. As you'll see, we tend to prefer plot twists that ...

“The Last of Us” Season 1 officially concluded on Sunday. But luckily for fans, a second season was greenlit in January that will be based (at least in part) on the 2013 action adventure video game’s ...

Stefania (she/ her) is a Lists Writer at Dualshockers who also writes game guides from time to time. She is a true Nintendo kid and a cozy gamer at heart. Her love language is all about staying home ...

You could assemble an entire library of contemporary work fixated on literary imitation, appropriation and theft. Credit...Somnath Bhatt Supported by By Emily Eakin Emily Eakin is a senior editor at ...