Andrey Kurkov’s crime thrillers provide timely lessons for anyone living under an oppressive regime. A relatively young ...

The country did not treat Prof Ngugi well despite his global stature and immense contribution to literature and political ...

Either way, there's plenty to choose from on our list. And for those who love to imagine where science might be going in the future, check out our Science-Fiction Books list. For more fact-finding, ...

John Brenkus, the TV producer and host of the Emmy-winning ESPN series Sports Science, died May 31, his family confirmed. He ...

Mark Zuckerberg is pushing AI friends as a solution to loneliness, but a better technology already exists—books.

In seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, she explored her Jewish upbringing during apartheid and ...

Chelsea Leu is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and elsewhere.

When malaise strikes, a book can break the spell—if you choose the right one.

I just finished reading Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s “Original Sin,” and at the risk of pissing off the multitude of knee-jerk Tapper-haters, their deep reporting laid out in excruciating ...

Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s ...

Are your kids totally into time travel? Superfans of space adventures? Our list of sci-fi favorites has something for all the young science fiction book lovers out there. From classics to hot new ...

A meme once popular online poked fun at personality types by gauging reactions to the phrase, “I bought bread because I was sad ... The new book “The Hunger Habit” explores this very ...