The novelist Richard Osman talks about his best-selling series, which stars a team of crime-solving retirees. By Sarah Lyall Novels by Karen Russell and Bryan Washington are among those vying for the ...

DC and Marvel just announced a brand new crossover of their two popular characters. George Lucas told Matthew Stover, author of the 'Revenge of the Sith' novelization, to 'just make it good.' Clear ...

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I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

October 3, 2025 • This is an epic novel to be savored. At nearly 700 pages, this multi-character, multi-stranded story explores exile and displacement — not only from one's home, but also from one's ...

Actors Edward Norton, left, and Brad Pitt in the movie adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club," one of the great books with a twist. Few books are as satisfying as those with a perfectly executed ...

Before the award-winning RPGs or live-action show, there was The Witcher book series. Andrzej Sapkowski's original story of Geralt of Rivia was heavily inspired by Slavic mythology as well as classic ...

There’s a typical mourning period that comes with the debut of a new season, one that hits particularly hard at the end of another glorious summer. The beach umbrellas are put away, the smell of ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...

Grifters are publishing AI-generated books about the shooting for Charlie Kirk. Amazon has since removed them, but conspiracies about the book are spreading. Credit: Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via ...

Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said. The head-spinning shift ...

Charlie Kirk’s books and podcasts have skyrocketed to the top of charts across nearly every major platform after the 31-year-old conservative activist was assassinated last Wednesday. Kirk – the ...