Our favorite new reads include an activist memoir, a rural commune horror, a sinister deal with a dragon and the new Louise ...

Ever since Oprah Winfrey started her iconic book club in the ’90s, celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Emma Roberts, Dua ...

Ready to complete the 2026 PS Reading Challenge? Find the new list of 40 book prompts and 10 advanced book prompts here.

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Our 10 recommended books for November include a memoir from Margaret Atwood and a new novel from John Irving that revisits a ‘Cider House Rules’ character.

Since the 1970s, Judy Blume has won more than 90 awards for her ability to perfectly capture the inner turmoil of being a ...

The ‘Palaver’ author takes ELLE’s literary survey, suggesting books by Han Kang, Jesmyn Ward, Banana Yoshimoto, and more.

Are we entering a postliterate society? College students can't read Dickens while spending 25 years of their lives glued to ...

In this passage from the opening of Grace Chan’s sci-fi novel, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are ...

When life overwhelms, some souls retreat into stories instead of confronting their pain. These 8 books become secret companions, mirrors to heartbreak, windows to hope, and shelters from loneliness.

In November, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Maggie O’Farrell’s historical tear-jerker, about a death that shaped Shakespeare.

The RI Center for the Book promotes community and literacy by selecting one book annually for statewide reading programs. The ...