After the novelist Geraldine Brooks lost her husband, she postponed confronting the enormous loss—until it became impossible ...

Our favorite new winter reads — including fiction, thrillers and celebrity memoirs Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant ... Tony Horwitz — like Brooks, a foreign correspondent ...

He had been publicising his recently published book, which was about to enter the bestseller lists. It was as if he had died in the middle of a sentence. Brooks with Tony and their sons Nathaniel ...

While many of her contemporaries are playing canasta, she’s releasing her 25th book. There’s no mystery ... In “Memorial Days,” Geraldine Brooks retreats to an island off Australia hoping ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Breathing Room” has a highly anticipated new book centered around a ... his fellow cops on special assignment. Brooks, the acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize ...

These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker Travis Jonker is a children’s book author and illustrator ...

In his latest book, Cass R. Sunstein lays out what the U.S. owes to the rest of the world. Ada Calhoun’s debut novel about a middle-aged wife and mother offers a wry critique of the sexual ...

When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle The Daily Mail Books department ...

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.

One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

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