Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Whether their works are examining history, social justice, ...

A s a fannish undergraduate in the late 1990s, I took a creative-writing workshop thinking I might write science fiction. I was quickly disabused of that notion. “I don’t do science fiction, and I don ...

These books are the top must-read novels of 2026, coming from some of the most acclaimed writers of the past 25 years, including Station Elevenauthor Emily St. John Mandel. For anyone who is looking ...

In an inspiring celebration of Black literary talent, ESSENCE Authors 2024 returns to showcase the brilliance and diversity of authors during the 30th anniversary of ESSENCE Festival of Culture. The ...

(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.) This post is by way of a reply to Arthur Krystal’s “Easy Writers,” a thoroughly thought-provoking piece about the ...

We asked 14 of the best writers in fiction, thriller, romance, fantasy and literary fiction to add to our fall reading list Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A pair of Shanghai natives meet in 1947 New York City, get married, and have two children including a girl named Gish, who grows up hearing the same refrain her mother did as a child: “Bad bad girl!” ...