Ahmed is grappling with the insidious creep of book bans nationwide. “My novel was inspired by the incredible work teachers, librarians and kids are doing to push back against bans and to protect ...

A must-read for feminists everywhere. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks ... questioning what bodily autonomy mean along the way. This book offers an extraordinary exploration of a ...

“It is a tangled and subversive homage, a labor of rough love,” Dwight Garner wrote in The New York Times, calling the novel a masterpiece that deserves to be read alongside the book that ...

Two chief executive officers recommended Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes, by Morgan Housel, which helps the reader understand fundamentals of human behavior—which remain the same ...

November is National Reading Month in the country, and the final week of this month is also annually celebrated as National Book Week. We’re getting more recognition now in global literary ...

2. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love. 3. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown & Co.

The Humanities Institute (THI) has recently announced the UC Santa Cruz 2025 Deep Read book. This year, we will read James by prolific author, Percival Everett. Shortlisted for both the 2024 Booker ...

As a resident of the walled town, the narrator works at a library that archives not books but spherical objects containing “old dreams” that he is tasked with reading. Assisting him is a young ...

I grew up in a Polish American household where we devoured books just like pirogies. My husband prefers to share his stories in the same way he learned growing up—in an oral tradition. This dynamic ...

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school, Rose Horowitch wrote in the November 2024 issue. I’m an English teacher at a private college-preparatory school, ...

Every fantastical story in this book is a standout, and it rewards a second, or even third, reading. (Book World review.) In the 1830s, a woman named Saint frees some enslaved people and uses ...