EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has put in development Such A Lovely Family Drama, a drama series based on Aggie Blum Thompson‘s mystery thriller novel, from Addison McQuigg (Cruel Summer, Animal Kingdom) and ...

You knew it years ago. When you were little and people asked you what you wanted to do when you grew up, the answer was obvious: you had a dream and an idea. Sure, other interests caught your eye once ...

We have entered the torpor of deep winter. Here in Minnesota, where I live, the snow and cold keep me indoors in the short afternoons and, too often, napping. But for Val McDermid, these cold, dark ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the new year begins, novelists send characters to great heights in Tibet and Wyoming, to the great depths of ...

Atomic Habits will help you build the framework for good habits, and breaking bad ones. Through small changes, it puts the focus on implementing new systems to help create real results. Looking to ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

An original manuscript and cover sketch by Theodor Geisel, better known under his pen name Dr. Seuss, will be published by Random House Children’s Books, the company said in an Oct. 28 press release.

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Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

The most commonly banned books in U.S. schools include LGBTQ titles, international bestsellers, teen romantasy novels and a 1962 classic, according to a new report that compares modern-day censorship ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

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 ...