A successful juvenile by the beloved New Yorker writer portrays a farm episode with an imaginative twist that makes a poignant, humorous story of a pig, a spider and a little girl. Young Fern Arable ...

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 Voyage of the Albatross written and illustrated by Jean Dumiere ...

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Featuring 287 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, and YA books; also in this issue: interviews with Maggie Stiefvater, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Meg Medina, and J.D. Netto; and ...

Meg Medina keeps it real with young readers in her latest middle-grade novel, Graciela in the Abyss.

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 ...

Everyone knows that if you want to be a better author, you need to read. And sure, everyone needs to read, but you can’t ...

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), ...

“Can a man who caused the death of his child ever atone enough to be forgiven?”That is the central question raised by Lamb’s novel of every parent’s worst nightmare. That nightmare becomes a reality ...

Kirkus announced the jurors for the 2025 Kirkus Prize, awarded annually in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. The literary prizes, established in 2014, come with $50 ...

Three women deal very differently with vampirism in Schwab’s era-spanning follow-up to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020). In 16th-century Spain, Maria seduces a wealthy viscount in an attempt ...