The best of this year's fiction features characters who, like so many, feel like they don't belong anywhere, even when ...

The story he tells—drawing on new archeological findings, a fresh reading of eighteenth-century visitors’ accounts, and a ...

Among the many entertaining, delightful, poignant, and treasured new works of fiction and nonfiction that were published this year, the very best offered fresh perspective and a strong voice to cut ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 2025 is coming to a close, and looking back, we're thankful for the great fiction released from January to December. From mysteries to ...

From rock n' roll to aging disgracefully, there's hopefully something for everyone in these fiction and non-fiction recommendations.

It was the best-of times (you know, that period in December when we do the best-of lists). But it could feel like the worst of times: There’s so much to read before the year finishes! Well, there’s ...

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

The quietest, sweetest book on this list feels like it could have been written at any time in the last century. It’s about an English widow who seems to have lost the will to live until she ...