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 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.

I’m sure many of you did the same. A good book is escapist. But at its strongest, reading is an utterly transformative act – the lessons we learn, the characters we meet and the perspectives ...

He sees the three autobiographical projects as distinct entities: “There’s a fantasy [‘Rocketman’], there’s a book of truth ... “so I was squirming in my seat.” ...

Why did the great Mexican filmmaker make a soapy thriller? Dec 19, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte A film about survival, creativity, the hypocrisies of high art, The Brutalist tells a story ...

A permanent feature of the Church of England's worship and a key source for its doctrine, the Book of Common Prayer is loved for the beauty of its language and its services are widely used. The Prayer ...

An Image of My Name Enters America, by Lucy Ives 2024 was the year of the breakup book; you couldn’t encounter the new-releases table at the bookstore without running into a flurry of wonderful ...

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.

We asked our writers what books moved them the most, and they had plenty of suggestions. After a lot of back and forth, and a really hard time narrowing down the selections, we picked ten favorites.

But, while she wanted her husband dead, it seems someone beat her to the job. The latest book in the epic fantasy series finds clashes erupting all over the world and the fate of the Cosmere in ...