It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to books – giving and receiving them as gifts, reading them on the beach or in ...

November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

By Brian Raftery The Books Readers Loved in 2024 A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around ...

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a ...

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Tirena Liane Rollins [nee Belboda], beloved daughter of Patricia Belboda [nee Hatherley] and the late Randolph Belboda. She is also the ...

8, at 10 a.m., Friends of the Library welcomes Kalela Williams, author and director of the Virginia Center for the Book in Charlottesville to talk about her new book, the center, and the upcoming ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.

Marvel Comics releases Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk #1 on Christmas Day, and you can get yourself a sneak peek at the issue below with the official preview… Who is Mad Dog Murphy?