I’m sure many of you did the same. A good book is escapist. But at its strongest, reading is an utterly transformative act – the lessons we learn, the characters we meet and the perspectives ...

Holiday gift shopping for the book lovers in your life is deceivingly tricky – buying one of the best-rated books of the year seems like a safe bet, but what if they already have it?

By Joumana Khatib and Emma Lumeij Bloom Books took off with the help of E L James, the author of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It broke with tradition and became the fastest-growing imprint in romance.

But this is just the start. Educating students to become good people who contribute to their communities and the world is complex—and our favorite books of 2024 reflect that. If you are imagining a ...

Here are the year’s most notable picture, chapter and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor. By Jennifer Krauss Like Max and Madeline, this boy and girl keep faith with ...

New editions of books by John Dickson Carr, Tom Mead and Edna Sherry remind me why I loved them the first time. The first two books of “On the Calculation of Volume,” by Solvej Balle ...

Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.

They've recommended countless books over the years that they credit with strengthening their business acumen and shaping their worldviews. Here are 20 books recommended by Musk, Bezos, and Gates ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Spend the whole weekend in bed." This type of reading is best suited to classics—and it doesn't feel right, in our humble opinion, to be reading books set in scorching hot summer weather in the ...

These are the books your favorite authors are most excited to pick up next year Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...