See which books are being turned into movies or TV shows this year and read the original versions before tuning in! 2026 just might be the year of the page-to-screen adaptation! With on-screen ...

From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, 2025 was full of great books. Read on for 30 of our favorites. The latest from the Pulitzer ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

A crisp fall wind in the air means it’s almost time for the National Book Awards, and this year's finalist list is here. Twenty-five finalists, announced Oct. 7, will vie for the prize in fiction, ...

This year’s longlist includes five books by writers who have published short fiction in The New Yorker: Susan Choi, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Karen Russell, Bryan Washington, and Joy Williams. Two ...

What should I read next? If only making that decision were simple: Recommendations abound online and off, but when you’re casting about for a new book, especially if you’re coming off the heels of ...

British novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) sat in his study in Gads Hill near Rochester, Kent circa 1860. He wrote one of the best first lines in literature. Great opening lines to books set the ...

Bill Gates recommends spending your summer reading five of the best memoirs he's ever encountered. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder's Summer 2025 list of book recommendations is an eclectic ...

Times — and The Times — have changed since the first Festival of Books was held in 1996. What hasn’t is our commitment to this vibrant community of readers and writers, with the annual spring ritual ...

• Book bans are on the rise as conservative parental rights groups fight what they believe is ‘wokeness’ in classrooms. • They typically target books about race and gender identity, and the election ...

Books are a gift, opening a door to the wide world. But not if you live in one of the U.S. communities where local school boards or state officials have cast certain books as scary monsters that harm ...