John Boyne has responded to the controversy over his longlisting for the Polari Prize, the annual U.K. literary award for LGBTQ+ books.

Everybody’s talking about romance: Romance/fantasy books fly off shelves, huge networks of BookTok influencers focus mainly on romance, romance is getting people to read who haven’t picked up a book ...

Disney Publishing celebrated the 20th birthday of Percy Jackson at an event on Monday in New York, the press announced in a news release.

Greg Iles, the author known for his mystery and thriller novels set in the deep South, has died at 65, the Associated Press reports.

Jimmy Fallon has selected My Friends, written by Fredrik Backman and translated by Neil Smith, as the latest pick for his book club. Backman’s novel, published in May by Atria, ...

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Shailene Woodley will join Lindsay Lohan in Hulu’s upcoming limited-series adaptation of Sophie Stava’s Count My Lies, Deadline reports.

Scientists have historically looked askance at such anthropomorphism; after all, we never truly know what animals are feeling. But that mindset has been evolving in recent years as zoologists have ...

With The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding (Random House, August 12), Nwanevu injects more complexity into the political discourse on democracy and its uncertain ...

Fiction editor Laurie Muchnick surveys the most anticipated titles of the season.

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Gary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career. Gary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career. With her new novel, ...