By Ruth Franklin In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball. By Abby McGanney Nolan ...

Aerial view of several opened books on the table. What makes a book so great? It’s not necessarily only about the quality of the writing but also the ability to change discourse, start ...

By Mattie Kahn A More Freewheeling Book Lives Inside Al Pacino’s Memoir From Shakespeare to Strindberg to “Scarface”: The actor remembers all of it and talks about some of it in “Sonny Boy.” ...

In his new book, “War,” Woodward draws sharp contrasts between the Biden administration’s leadership and the dangers presented by Trump.

Who should read it: Endless Night is a good book for readers fascinated by plots that grow increasingly unsettling and sinister over time. It is available from HarperCollins Publishers.

Hearty root vegetables such as carrots make excellent pickles. “I’ve found that carrots, cucumbers, small turnips, radishes, green tomatoes, peppers—both hot and sweet—onions, green beans ...

Gripping novels, transporting poetry, and timely nonfiction that asked us to look deeper Andrew R. Chow, Lucy Feldman, Mahita Gajanan, Annabel Gutterman, Angela Haupt, Cady Lang, and Laura Zornosa ...

But how far does that freedom extend? Banned Books Week poses that question as parents' rights groups, politicians, librarians and publishers are increasingly at odds over which books are suitable ...

You may find yourself wondering, what's the difference between bread and butter pickles and sweet pickles? If you've had both, then you know they're each sweet, but where do the similarities end ...