In 1976 a 16-year-old girl had a chance encounter with a 42-year-old novelist by a motel swimming pool in ­Arizona, in what proved to be a game-changing moment in the history of modern American ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

“Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis” by Jonathan Blitzer (Penguin, ...

A world where stories matter, where cultures are celebrated, and where the magic of books comes alive on every shelf. So, ...

But the real showstopper at Birchbark Books is the Native Arts section. It’s like walking into a miniature museum curated by ...

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The New York Public Library is proud to present our Best Books of 2024. Our annual recommendations of the best books for adults, kids, and teens, curated by our expert staff and librarians, encompass ...

The National Book Awards, established in 1950, celebrate the finest achievements in American literature. Managed by the ...

On this day, we commemorate the birth anniversary of one of America's literary giants, Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, ...

The novels and nonfiction we couldn’t stop thinking about this year—and in a year like this one, that’s saying something.

Great writers in the Trump years need to open up their eyes to take in all of America — not just echo the literary and ...

The 75th National Book Awards celebrated with a ceremony, comedy from Kate McKinnon and music from Jon Batiste. Percival ...