A little more than two years ago, the novelist and critic Rumaan Alam landed a job as the editor of special projects at The New York Times Book Review. It was a dream job — of course it was — and he ...

Rumaan Alam is the mastermind behind the 2020 critically acclaimed novel, Leave the World Behind. Thebook centers around the Sanford family whose "vacation runs headlong into a moment of global crisis ...

Rumaan Alam, author of the Read With Jenna pick and National Book Award finalist "Leave the World Behind," stopped by TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Nov. 4 to share a few of his book recommendations for the ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rumaan Alam, best-selling author of "Leave the World Behind." His new book, "Entitlement," features a billionaire who gives away his fortune. The megarich, a character in ...

Author Rumaan Alam talks to Mary Laura Philpott about his novel LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. “Family life to me is like the emotional on-ramp to a text, for any reader. We’re all a part of a family. It ...

On this episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” we feature a conversation between novelists Rumaan Alam and Jonathan Lethem from the 2020 Portland Book Festival. There is a rich tradition of ...

Rumaan Alam’s third novel is a dystopian page-turner, taking in themes of isolation, race and class. He could never have predicted how timely it would be When the end of the world arrives in Leave the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While parts of Leave the World Behind are eerily reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alam actually wrote the book before ...

Rumaan Alam is the author of three novels, including, most recently, Leave the World Behind. In his new book, the novelist examines what it takes to become a great writer. May 1, 2023 / Books & the ...