I’m writing for the kid I used to be,” says Dav Pilkey, who defied expectations to create three blockbuster graphic-novel series.

In the early two-thousands, she did standup in New York, and wrote a popular humor blog, “The Bruni Digest,” in which she ...

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Want to write a novel in 2026? Or maybe 13 novels? Here's how one incredibly prolific writer gets it all done.

You walk into the bookstore or the library, you stare at the endless shelves of options, and you don’t know what to pick - it ...

Howard A. Husock’s “The Projects” (NYU, 240 pages, $29.95), a history of public housing in America, is largely a story of failure. When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing ...

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‘Tis the season for reflecting on a well-read year. So, after all that reading, which books are we still thinking about now? The truth is, the best book of the year is deeply personal to every reader.

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

It was another incredible year in reading. Here are our favorite 20 books—including memoirs, buzzy literary fiction, and captivating histories—of 2025. Susan Choi’s engrossing new novel begins with a ...

Buckeye is an historical novel set, as its title indicates, in Ohio. Stretching from pre-World War II to the close of the 20th century, the story focuses on two married couples whose lives intersect.

Books can be a refuge from (waves arms) all this, even when they take you deeper into the darkness of 2025. There is a grace in the relationship between book and reader, with nothing but your eyes and ...