Arguably one of the most challenging genres to write is humor. When it works, it works beautifully. But when the jokes fall ...

Podcasting is an enormous industry, reportedly bringing in over $7 billion of revenue in 2024. Podcasts are not only ...

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Tenacious has always lived up to her name, whether walking to a waterfall when her legs are tired or climbing to the “tippy-top of the tire swing.” And now she’s determined to ride her bike in the ...

With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia. Sarah ...

In Johnson’s historical novel set in 16th-century England, a popular musician in King Henry VIII’s court becomes dangerously caught in a thicket of political intrigue.

The New York–based Center for Fiction announced that Haruki Murakami is the winner of its 2025 Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award, given to “a writer who, through their exceptional body of work, ...

Jenna Bush Hager’s latest Today show book club selection is The Names by Florence Knapp.

The Nobel Prize–winning author and psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s death last year was the result of an assisted suicide, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Numerous other candidates appear—along with short fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and young adult literature—in our special issue dedicated to the best books of the 21st century (so far). The ...

Michael Lewis stopped by ABC News Live Prime to discuss the new book he edited, Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service.

“A peach, like a story, needs time to grow.”The typical firsts of school are here: riding the bus, making friends, sliding on the playground slide, counting, sorting shapes, laughing at lunch, ...