The time is the not-so-distant future, when the US's spiraling social freedoms have finally called down a reaction, an Iranian-style repressive "monotheocracy" calling itself the Republic of Gilead—a ...

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Reese Witherspoon is celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday with a new book club pick that brings readers back to the 18th century. The actor selected Stephanie Dray and Laura ...

The Royal Society has unveiled the shortlist for its Trivedi Science Book Prize, given annually to a book of “outstanding popular science writing.” Every Last Fish: A Deep Div ...

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s book covers the first year of President Trump’s second term.

The Stephen Dixon Award, first given in 2024, is named after the prolific author of books including Interstate and Gould, and who died in 2019 at age 83. In January, McSweeney’s announced that it will ...

In ‘American Struggle,’ the acclaimed historian tells the nations’s story through the words of its players great and small.

Emily Giffin stopped by Good Morning America to discuss her latest novel. Giffin’s Love You More, set for publication next Tuesday by Ballantine, follows Billie, a New York phys ...

ORPHANS OF THE SEA by Charles R. Cooke & Christopher X. Ryan ...

John Grisham will write about one of Texas’ most controversial death penalty cases in a nonfiction book coming in 2026. Doubleday will publish the novelist’s Shaken: The Rush To Execute an Innocent ...

Time to take your pick of the perfect summer reading spot (Blanket on the grass? Lounge chair at the pool? Personally, I’m partial to outdoor cafés . . .) and settle in. In celebration of the season, ...