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 ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

Holiday gift shopping for the booklovers in your life is deceivingly tricky – buying one of this year’s biggest bestsellers seems like a safe bet, but what if they already have it? If you’re confident ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Science From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Featuring exciting new releases in fiction, nonfiction, thriller, historical fiction, romance and more, these are PEOPLE's critics' ...

The acclaimed author, whose 250 books sold half a billion copies, casts an eye on the actress’s still-mysterious death. By Joe Pompeo James Patterson believes Marilyn Monroe was probably murdered. “I ...

Authors say AI companies may not fully understand the risks they're taking. A new book by two artificial intelligence researchers claims that the race to build superintelligent AI could spell doom for ...

Nintendo capped off its Super Mario Bros. 40th anniversary announcements at the September 2025 Nintendo Direct with the announcement of a brand-new Yoshi game for Nintendo Switch 2 called Yoshi and ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our ...

Columbus, Ohio — After the death in July of their father, Dan Pelzer, at the age of 92, John and Marci Pelzer discovered something extraordinary in his things — a very long list of every book he had ...

The Brooklyn Book Festival (BKBF), New York City’s largest free literary event, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a nine-day celebration of book culture, turning the city into a hub for readers ...