Wall Street Journal: Books

Stephen King has no plans for a digital edition of his new book, "Joyland," hoping to get more people to shop for it in a physical bookstore.

The American-born artist has a show at London's David Zwirner gallery and will soon get a retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

A crop of young comics has embraced biting satire as a way to point out the absurdities of today's South Africa, from persistent gaps between rich whites and poor blacks to a president who has four first ladies.

Its theme is one of the most common in literature, yet the poem possesses an uncommon power and more than a few quotable lines.

As anyone who has had the misfortune to work for a micromanager knows, success only makes the manager worse. A few lessons from micromanagers through history.

Researchers at Princeton and Johns Hopkins universities used a 3-D printer to create bionic ears with auditory powers far beyond the natural human endowment. A look at the implications.

Alison Gopnik delivers the bad news: Our impulse to love and help the members of our own group is matched by an impulse to hate and fear the members of other groups.

Food blogger and cookbook author Jennifer Perillo finds stories in her growing collection of midcentury cookbooks.

A look at works by Paul McCarthy, Sarah Sze and Cameron Platter, among others. Plus, a reincarnated art restaurant.

The behavioral economist on whether to price a home high or low and a Netflix customer's dissatisfaction with the service.