John Warner

Jack Reacher is back, both on the page and on the screen. The page is in the form of "The Secret," the 28th volume of the series, now cowritten by...

There is a piece of writing that I find so funny in the dozen or so times I've attempted to read it aloud — almost always to an audience of...

There are a lot of books out there purporting to unlock the keys to improved "performance." You've got overt self-help like "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen...

When thinking about what to read and then what to share here, I sometimes get trapped into believing it's my job to seek out something new and unknown before returning...

When I heard the recent news of the passing of former longtime college basketball coach Bob Knight, my first thought was about a book. That book is "A Season on...

Sadly, there are currently quite a few ongoing threats to democracy, some of which we as individuals may feel relatively powerless to address. But there's one big threat everyone has...

There was a time when I would've told you there was no writer who I trusted more than Michael Lewis, author of more bestselling nonfiction books than I can count,...

I am trying to remember a darker time in my 50-plus years of Chicago sports fandom. The Cubs fell victim to a nearly 1969-like late summer swoon. The Bulls stood...

In a column just before Labor Day, I mapped out my plan for staying on top of the deluge of desirable fall fiction releases, including books by Zadie Smith, Ben...

Under the umbrella of the Authors Guild, a group of 17 prominent and bestselling authors including Jonathan Franzen, Jodi Picoult, George Saunders, Elin Hilderbrand and George R.R. Martin have sued...