But there are two things the books I love most tend to have in common: a deep sense of place and empathy for all the ...

"Fantasy, sci-fi, thrillers, historical fiction—everything is game," Huang told Page Six of her favorite genres.

When I love something, I urgently must put it in someone’s hands,” says the novelist, whose new “Last Night in Brooklyn” is an ode to old-style friendship.

Almost exactly a year ago, I asked our team of expert science writers here at New Scientist to name their favourite science fiction novels. Personal tastes meant we ended up with a wonderfully ...

The year 2025 hasn’t started out great. We’ve seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, ...

The actor, whose new book is out now, said his mom always pushed him to be a reader, but he wasn't really interested in it ...

Philip Pullman, the author of the beloved His Dark Materials trilogy, and one of the world's best storytellers, has named five of his favourite books. From Fernando Pessoa's fragmentary masterpiece to ...

Barack Obama is sharing his annual list of his favorite books of the year. On Dec. 20, the former president dropped his 2024 annual reading list on his Instagram account. The list contains 10 titles, ...

We asked staffers at children’s publishing houses to tell us about their favorite children’s or YA book they read this year. Our only condition: it couldn’t be a book that their company had published.

Each year around this time, we ask the staff of Scientific American to recommend the best books they read this year. Here are the 67 new favorites and old classics that kept us turning the pages in ...

The holidays are often a time when families come together. But family time can also lead to family drama. We asked Times Union staffers plus librarians, business owners and readers like you to ...