The season of fireside reading is officially upon us! So for those in need of some suggestions, here are six of my favorite novels — and one much-loved play — I think are well worth picking up this...

“Only connect!” proclaims E.M. Forster in the epigraph of “Howards End” (1910). “Only connect!” expounds the character Margaret Schlegel halfway through the novel. “Only … connect?” I...