Comprehensive life of author Tim O’Brien, one of the great laureates of the Vietnam War. “All you bastards are going to die in World War III.” So promised a drill sergeant when O’Brien, having lost a ...

B.T. Polcari is a graduate of Rutgers College of Rutgers University, an award-winning mystery author, and a proud father of two wonderful children. He’s a champion of rescue pups (Mauzzy is a rescue), ...

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The best book Jong-Fast could have written about the worst year of her life. Full review > ...

Heart Lamp, written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi, is the first story collection to win the International Booker Prize, given annually to a work of fiction translated into English ...

Atwood goes back to Gilead. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), consistently regarded as a masterpiece of 20th-century literature, has gained new attention in recent years with the success of the Hulu series ...

Gabriel Tallent is making a return with his first novel in more than eight years. Riverhead will publish Tallent’s Crux next year, the press announced in a news release.It will be the author’s second ...

With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. Sarah ...

Witherspoon launched her book club in 2017 with the goal of “sharing stories centered around women to elevate their voices,” and it has since become a phenomenon in the publishing world, almost ...

The Kirkus Star One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit. The Kirkus Prize The Kirkus Prize is among the richest literary awards in ...

First lady Melania Trump has released an audiobook edition of her memoir with an artificial-intelligence narrator. Trump made the announcement on the social platform X, in a post that reads, “A NEW ...

Helping liberals get out of their own way. Klein, a New York Times columnist, and Thompson, an Atlantic staffer, lean to the left, but they aren’t interrogating the usual suspects.Aware that many ...