If you run a search for “mystery books” on Amazon.com, you’ll get over 213,000 results—and that’s after filtering by genre. What’s more, there are as many as one million books published in the US each ...

Over the years, The Last Word has received some astonishing images of clouds. Here is a selection of the best Joyce Lowe took this photograph while holidaying in Taormina, Sicily, about 30 kilometres ...

Sometimes you just don’t have room in your bag to carry a paperback, magazine or tablet-sized e-reader device. So why not make use of the smartphone you already have with you? Your Android phone makes ...

Although you may find the idea of eating a wasp distasteful at best, there are plenty of animals out there that happily include them in their diet. Last Word readers sent in these examples This ...

A new book brings together Steve McCurry’s photos of readers, spanning 30 countries. From a steelworks in Serbia to a classroom in Kashmir, they reveal the power of the printed word. “Readers are ...